Historical and Critical Dictionary: Selections [Paperback]

Pierre Bayle (Author), Richard H. Popkin (Author), Craig Brush (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0872201031 | ISBN-13: 978-0872201033 | Publication Date: March 15, 1991

Richard Popkin's meticulous translation - the most complete since the eighteenth century - contains selections from thirty-nine articles, as well as from Bayle's four Clarifications. The bulk of the major articles of philosophical and theological interest - those that influenced Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, and Voltaire and formed the basis for so many eighteenth-century discussions - are present, including "David", "Manicheans", "Paulicians", "Pyrrho", "Rorarius", "Simonides", "Spinoza", and "Zeno of Elea".

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

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• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co (March 15, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0872201031
• ISBN-13: 978-0872201033
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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5.0 out of 5 stars great philosopher, October 5, 2004

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Well, he was the most widely read philosopher in France throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, so he must have said something smart. But, his fifteen minutes of fame only lasted 150 years, today's he's unknown.