BAYLE, PIERRE

pyĕr bāl, 1647–1706, French philosopher. Born a Huguenot, he converted to Roman Catholicism and then returned to Protestantism. To avoid French intolerance of Protestants, he moved in 1681 to Rotterdam, where he lived for most of the rest of his life. Trained as a philosopher and with a strong background in theology, Bayle supported Calvinism but was also an advocate of religious toleration, contending that morality was independent of religion. Bayle was renowned for his trenchant skeptical attacks against leading religious, metaphysical, and scientific theories of his day. He held that attempts to construct rational explanations of the world were bound to lead to absurd conclusions. His chief work was Dictionnaire historique et critique (1697), a compendium of biographies with comprehensive and detailed criticisms by Bayle. His views had a profound influence on the French and German Enlightenment, especially on the authors of the Encyclopédie and on the English deists.

See C. Brush, Montaigne and Bayle (1966) and E. Labrousse, Bayle (1983).

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Pierre Du Ryer, Dramatist
Book by Henry Carrington Lancaster; Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1912
Subjects: Drama, Du Ryer, Pierre--D. 1658
...slightly removed from the bourgeoisie . The time and place of Pierres birth are uncertain. That he was born at Paris may be inferred...1658, "age de 53 ans," but in 1732, under the influence of Bayle, 7 the date of his death is changed to 1656, and the date...
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The History of Scepticism: From Savonarola to Bayle
Book by Richard H. Popkin; Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects: Skepticism--History
...Hume. This led me into reading Pierre Bayle, Montaigne, and other figures of...Daniel Huet, and the supersceptic Pierre Bayle. It is hoped that these enlargements...Pierre-Daniel Huet 274 18 Pierre Bayle: Superscepticism and the Beginnings...
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Bayle--Political Writings
Book by Sally L. Jenkinson; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Biography--Dictionaries--Early Works To 1800, Political Science--Early Works To 1800
...HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT Pierre Bayle was amongthe most important sceptical...AA What is the reputation of Pierre Bayle, and why should his ideas be restored...languages. Key studies are Labrousse, Pierre Bayle 2; vols., 1963 4; vol. II, rev...
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Politics & Religion in Seventeenth-Century France: A Study of Political Ideas from the Monarchomachs to Bayle, as Reflected in the Toleration Controversy
Book by W. J. Stankiewicz; University of California Press, 1960
Subjects: France--Edit De Nantes, France--Politics And Government--17th Cent, Freedom Of Religion--France
...from the Monarchomachs to Bayle, as Reflected in the Toleration...Croix, Sur tes ailes de pierre, o folle Cathedrale...Valois , pp. 35 - 36 . Pierre Bayle, in "Navarre," Dictionnaire...E. D. L. I. C. Pierre du Belloy , Apologie...
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French Liberal Thought in the Eighteenth Century: A Study of Political Ideas from Bayle to Condorcet
Book by Kingsley Martin; Little, Brown, 1929
Subjects: Philosophy, French, Political Science--France--History
...progress against degeneration. Bayle: historical and critical method...4. REFORM--FENELON, SAINT-PIERRE, VAUBAN AND THE ECONOMISTS...scepticism to a new faith in science. Pierre Bayle was a still more potent influence...
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Correspondance De Pierre Bayle, Vol. IV: Janvier 1684-Juillet 1684. Lettres 242-308
Journal article by John Christian Laursen; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 101, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Correspondance de Pierre Bayle: Janvier 1684-juillet 1684, Lettres 242-308, vol. 4 (Book)--Book reviews
Correspondance De Pierre Bayle, Vol. IV: Janvier 1684-Juillet 1684...Christian Laursen Correspondance de Pierre Bayle, vol. IV: Janvier 1684-juillet 1684...entire eighteenth centuries knows that Pierre Bayle is one of the most important nuts...
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Pierre Bayle's Reformation: Conscience and Criticism on the Eve of the Enlightenment
Journal article by J.H.M. Salmon; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 55, 2002
Subjects: Pierre Bayle's Reformation: Conscience and Criticism on the Eve of the Enlightenment (Book)
...Tinsleys chapter on Loyola does not fit easily into her book. Bayle, as she points out, was more interested in the Jesuits than...revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and are evident in the writings of Pierre Jurieu, Bayles former patron and subsequent opponent in a number...
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La Repetition Dans Les Mythologies D'hiver De Pierre Michon
Journal article by Rosalind Silvester; The Romanic Review, Vol. 92, 2001
Subjects: Authors, French--Criticism, interpretation, etc., French literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Michon, Pierre--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...premier chapitre de cette collection. (3.) Pierre Michon interviewe par Thierry Bayle, Le Magazine litteraire, no.353 (avril 1997...Litteraire, 1997, p.97 et Lire, no.255 (mai 1997), Pierre Michon interviewe par Marianne Payot, p.27...
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Journal of the History of Philosophy Vol. 42, No. 2, April 2004
Journal article; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 57, 2004
Subjects: Bayle and the Case for Actual Parts (Essay)--Criticism and interpretation, Descartes's Conceptual Distinction and its Ontological Import (Essay)--Criticism and interpretation, Holden, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation, Kant's "Argument from Geometry" (Essay)--Criticism and interpretation, Shabel, Lisa--Criticism and interpretation, Skirry, Justin--Criticism and interpretation
...Bayle and the Case for Actual Parts, THOMAS HOLDEN Pierre Bayle is the most forthright and systematic early modern proponent...the rival system of potential parts. He then identifies Bayle as the leading advocate of the actual parts doctrine and...
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Money and Merit in French Renaissance Comedy
Journal article by Jotham Parsons; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Corneille, Pierre--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Melite, ou Les Fausses Lettres (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation
...of France 1547-1559. Durham, 1988. Bayle, Pierre. Dictionnaire historique et critique...historique. Paris, 1986. Bourdieu, Pierre. Distinction: A Social Critique of...Nice. Cambridge, MA, 1984. Brantome, Pierre de Bourdeille de. Oeuvres completes...
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Pierre Bayle (1647-1706)
Magazine article by Paul Edwards; Free Inquiry, Vol. 23, Summer 2003
Subjects: Bayle, Pierre--Attitudes, Philosophy, French--History, Skepticism--History
Pierre Bayle (1647-1706). by Paul Edwards Pierre Bayle was one of the most famous and thoroughgoing skeptics...Great and Voltaire thought that it was a cover so that Bayle could live and write in peace. Simon Blackburn, in the...
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Humanism and Tolerance
Magazine article by Jean-Claude Pecker; Free Inquiry, Vol. 16, Winter 1995
Subjects: Humanism--Analysis, Religious tolerance--Analysis
...of tolerance a pejorative connotation. Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) was probably the first one to...and Spitz, introduction by J. F. Spitz. Bayle, Pierre, 1727, Oeuvres diverses de M. Pierre Bayle; 4 vol., La Haye. Bayle, Pierre, 1730...
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A Poetics of Anticolonialism
Magazine article by Robin D.G. Kelley; Monthly Review, Vol. 51, November 1999
Subjects: Authors--Behavior, Cesaire, Aime--Behavior, Discourse on Colonialism (Book)--Analysis, Imperialism--History, Writers--Behavior
...Rene Menil, J.M. Monnerot, and Pierre and Simone Yoyotte, joined together...Information Services, Lt. de Vaisseau Bayle, justified interdicting Tropiques...To Lieutenant de Vaisseau Bayle: Sir, We have received your...Breton, as well as texts by Pierre Mabille, Benjamin Peret, and...
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Life in Ancien Regime Vaud
Magazine article by Vivienne Larminie; History Today, Vol. 48, April 1998
Subjects: Protestantism--History, Switzerland--History
...their art. The exceptional Jean Pierre de Crousaz (1663-1750) took on Bayle, Pope and Leibnitz, and drew...contribution to local education. Jean Pierre de Crousaz himself owed his...centre of all our vices, as Pierre Charriere put it in his 1753...
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The Conundrum of Evil
Magazine article by Walter Sundberg; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, January 2003
Subjects: Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy (Book)
...as a warning. In his celebrated Dictionary, Pierre Bayle took up Alfonsos cause. Bayle thought Alfonso right to complain. Reality is...If God is omnipotent, He cannot be benevolent. Bayle made Alfonso "the first Enlightenment hero." He...
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Life on the Ground in Montaillou
Newspaper article by Colin Walters; The Washington Times, May 20, 2001
...making him a double agent. Pierres brother, Bernard, was village "bayle," representing the secular power...and four daughters. Her and Pierre Clergues high level sexual activity...Notre-Dame-de-Carnesses (inside of which Pierre Clergue propositioned Beatrice...


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encyclopedia articles on: Bayle Pierre  - 5 results

 
 
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Bayle, Pierre
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BAYLE, PIERRE pyer bal, 1647 1706, French philosopher...and with a strong background in theology, Bayle supported Calvinism but was also an advocate...that morality was independent of religion. Bayle was renowned for his trenchant skeptical...
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Jurieu, Pierre
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and aggressive, were directed against such contemporaries as Antoine Arnauld, Bishop Bossuet, Archbishop Fenelon, and Pierre Bayle. Important writings are the Pastoral Letters Addressed to the Faithful in France (1686, tr. 1689) and Critical History...
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Enlightenment
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...developments of the 17th cent. the discoveries of Isaac Newton , the rationalism of Rene Descartes , the skepticism of Pierre Bayle , the pantheism of Benedict de Spinoza , and the empiricism of Francis Bacon and John Locke fostered the belief...
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French Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...were the philosophers Bernard de Fontenelle and Pierre Bayle . Rationalism: The Eighteenth Century The great...Buyrette de Belloy; the great writers of comedy were Pierre de Marivaux and Pierre de Beaumarchais . The French...
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Skepticism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...skepticism was a methodology that allowed him to arrive at certain incontrovertible truths. At the end of the 17th cent., Pierre Bayle skeptically challenged philosophical and theological theories. David Hume , a leading modern skeptic, challenged...


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