Pierre Bayle

Philosopher, Author

1647 – 1706

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Who was Pierre Bayle?

Pierre Bayle was a French philosopher and writer best known for his seminal work the Historical and Critical Dictionary, published beginning in 1695.

Bayle was a self-pronounced Protestant, and as a fideist he advocated a separation between the spheres of faith and reason, on the grounds of God being incomprehensible to man. As a forerunner of the Encyclopedists and an advocate of the principle of the toleration of divergent beliefs, his works subsequently influenced the development of the Enlightenment.

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Born
Nov 18, 1647
Carla-Bayle
Nationality
  • France
Profession
Lived in
  • Ariège
  • Rotterdam
Died
Dec 28, 1706
Rotterdam

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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