Pierre Bayle: 6 books

Pierre Bayle war ein französischer Schriftsteller und Philosoph, der zusammen mit dem 10 Jahre jüngeren Fontenelle als zentrale Figur der Aufklärung gilt. Sein wichtigstes Werk ist das Dictionnaire historique et critique. 1682 publizierte der Aufklärer sein erstes Buch: Lettre sur la comète de...

Philosophical Commentary deals with church and state, religious toleration, legal enforcement of religious practices, and religiously motivated violence. Pierre Bayle (1647–1706) was a Protestant philosopher and critic. John Kilcullen is Senior Research Fellow, Humanities, at Macquarie...

It is very surprising that the Letters of Abelard and Heloise have not sooner appeared in English, since it is generally allowed, by all who have seen them in Other languages, that they are written with the greatest passion of any in this kind which are extant. And it is certain that the Letters from...

1682 publizierte er sein erstes Buch: Lettre sur la comète de 1680 ("Brief über den Kometen von 1680", das 1683 erweitert als Pensées diverses sur la comète de 1680 ("Verschiedene Gedanken über den Kometen von 1680") erschien. Hierin widerlegt Bayle zunächst die abergläubischen...

It is very surprising that the Letters of Abelard and Heloise have not sooner appeared in English, since it is generally allowed, by all who have seen them in other languages, that they are written with the greatest passion of any in this kind which are extant. And it is certain that the Letters from...

Peter Abélard was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian, and preeminent logician. The story of his affair with and love for Heloise has become legendary. Héloïse d'Argenteuil was a French nun, writer, scholar, and abbess, best known for her love affair and correspondence with Peter Abélard.