A new translation of Pierre Bayle's first great work, which undermines the influence of "superstition" in political life and laid the groundwork for the separation of church and state.
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Robert C. Bartlett is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Emory University. He is the author of The Shorter Socratic Writings of Xenophon: Apology of Socrates to the Jury, Oeconomicus, and Symposium.
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This is a good primer on Enlightenment thinking. Bayle begins his argument by saying that phenomenon traditionally understood as miraculous (comets, eclipses) could and should be understood as completely naturalistic events. Bayle applies similar logic to politics, arguing that governance is an earthly matter and should therefore also be divorced from any divine references.
Bayle's general argument might sound a bit banal to the modern ear, so you might find yourself doing a lot of skipping.
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- Counter-Enlightenments: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought) by Graeme Garrard on page 124, and Back Matter
- The Architecture of Matter: Galileo to Kant by Thomas Holden in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Feltrinelli: A Story of Riches, Revolution, and Violent Death by Carlo Feltrinelli on page 60
- Scripture And Scholarship in Early Modern England by Ariel Hessayon on page 235
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