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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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Superb! A Crucial Work on the History of Western Thought,
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This review is from: The History of Scepticism from Erasmus to Spinoza (Paperback)
This little book tells the story of the most important turning point in the history of Western thinking. That it is full of surprises, shows how widely misunderstood is the subject it treats. One of the most important things it demonstrates, without necessarily meaning to, is how radical skepticism has historically been an ally, rather than an enemy, of religion, and an enemy, rather than an ally, of science. Popkin is the undisputed master of this subject, and this book is filled with summaries and precious exerpts of works no longer accessible to most of us, and is worth buying for that reason alone.
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GET THE 2003 EDITION,
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This review is from: The History of Scepticism from Erasmus to Spinoza (Paperback)
This is a magnificent book - BUT BE SURE TO GET THE 2003 EDITION. That edition is sutitled "From Savonarola to Bayle. DO NOT BUY THE EDITION SUBTITLED "FROM ERASMUS TO SPINOZA" - that is an outdated edition - even though the Amazon listing gives no indication of this!
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The History of Scepticism from Erasmus to Spinoza by Richard H. Popkin (Paperback - October 26, 1979)
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