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Pierre Bayle

Born

in Carla-le-Comte, Ariège, France

November 18, 1647

Died

December 28, 1706

Genre

Philosophy

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French philosopher Pierre Bayle, considered the progenitor of 18th-century rationalism, compiled the famous Dictionnaire historique et critique in 1697 and championed the cause of religious tolerance.

People later renamed Carla-le-Comte as Carla-Bayle in his honour.

His father, a Calvinist minister, and an academy at Puylaurens educated him. He afterwards entered a Jesuit college at Toulouse and, a month later in 1669, joined as a Roman Catholic. After seventeen months, he returned to Calvinism and fled to Geneva.

The teachings of René Descartes acquainted him. He returned, went to Paris, and for some years worked under the name of Bèle as a tutor for various families. In 1675, people appointed him to the chair at the Protestant academy ...more

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	Historical and Critical Dictionary: Selections by Pierre Bayle, Richard H. Popkin (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1697 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Various Thoughts on Occasion of a Comet by Pierre Bayle, Robert C. Bartlett (Editor) 3.96 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1682 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters of Abelard and Heloise really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Philosophical Commentary on These Words of the Gospel, Luke 14:23, “Compel Them to Come In, That My House May Be Full” by Pierre Bayle, John Kilcullen (Editor) 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2001 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Commentaire philosophique sur ces paroles de Jésus-Christ 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Political Writings by Pierre Bayle, Sally L. Jenkinson (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Contest of Faith and Reason by Pierre Bayle, Karl C. Sandberg (translator) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1706	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oeuvres de Pierre Bayle it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dictionnaire Historique et Critique, Vol 2 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Historical and Critical Dictionary it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.”
― Pierre Bayle

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“If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than for history.”
― Pierre Bayle

tags: history-of-mankind

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“In the matters of religion, it is very hard to
deceive a man, and very hard to undeceive him.”
― Pierre Bayle, Historical and Critical Dictionary: Selections

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