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The Cosmological System of Pierre Bayle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Juliette Carnus*
Affiliation:
Brooklyn College

Extract

The philosopher whose work best represents the type of thought and expresses the aspirations of the French writers of the eighteenth century is, beyond any doubt, Pierre Bayle (1647-1706). Not so well known as many of the others, it was he, nevertheless, who started the dialectic movement of philosophic thought which was very characteristic of that era. Furthermore, in his extensive writings, he accumulated material from which his successors could draw freely and copiously.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association 1941

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References

1 Œuvres diverses, 1737 (4 vol.), vol. I, “Lettre à son père,” 21 Septembre, 1671 (p. 10b).

2 Dictionnaire historique et critique, 1734 (5 vol.). Arcésilas, Dictionnaire, t. I, p. 420b.

3 S. v., Maldonat, Dictionnaire, v., 79n.

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5 Commentaire philosophique, O., xi, 19.

6 Ibid., p. 396.

7 “Critique générale de l'histoire du Calvinisme,” Œuvres divseses, 11, 106.

8 Article, Spinoza, Dictionnaire, vol. V, Rem EE, p. 226a.

9 Article, Spinoza, Dictionnaire, vol. V, Rem N., p. 313b.

10 Dictionnaire, II, 628a, s. v. “Dicéarque.”

11 “Réponses aux questions d'un provincial,” p. 14, 3e partie, ch. XV, p. 941b.

12 Oeuvres diverses, IV, 183.

13 Oeuvres diverses, IV, 183.

14 Dictionnaire, s.v., Leucippe, III, 647a.

15 “Réponses aux questions d'un provincial,” Oeuvres diverses, t. III, 3e partie, chap. XV, p. 941b.

16 “Supplement du Commentaire philosophique,” O., XI, 494b.

17 “Pensées diverses,” Oeuvres diverses, t. III, sect. CXXXVII, p. 88.

18 “Hélène,” Dictionnaire, III, 263b.

19 “Continuation des Pensées diverses,” Chap. CXIX, O., t. III, p. 354b.