Pierre Bayle

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Enlightenment thinker human philosopher writer

Pierre Bayle was a 17th-century French philosopher and skeptic whose critical writings on religion and tolerance profoundly shaped Enlightenment thought.

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instanceOf Enlightenment thinker ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1647-11-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1706-12-28 ⓘ
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
surface form: Encyclopædia Britannica

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ⓘ
educatedAt Jesuit college of Toulouse ⓘ
Genevan Academy ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Academy of Geneva
employer Protestant Academy of Sedan ⓘ
École Illustre of Rotterdam ⓘ
ethnicGroup French ⓘ
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surface form: Bayle
fieldOfWork epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
theology ⓘ
fullName Pierre Bayle self-link ⓘ
givenName Pierre ⓘ
influenced David Hume ⓘ
Denis Diderot ⓘ
Enlightenment philosophers ⓘ
Montesquieu ⓘ
Voltaire ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
movement Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form: Enlightenment

rationalism ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ
notableIdea critique of religious fanaticism ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ
skeptical critique of rational theodicy ⓘ
notableWork Dictionnaire historique et critique ⓘ
Nouvelles de la République des Lettres ⓘ
Pensées diverses sur la comète ⓘ
occupation lexicographer ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
professor ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
placeOfBirth Carla-le-Comte ⓘ
County of Foix ⓘ
France ⓘ
placeOfDeath Dutch Republic ⓘ
Rotterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld professor of philosophy at Rotterdam ⓘ
professor of philosophy at Sedan ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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