Various Thoughts on the Occasion of a Comet
The appearance of this comet caused so many panicked inquiries to be made of Pierre Bayle, one of the Enlightenment's greatest thinkers, that he decided to formally respond to them, hence the present work, which first appeared in 1682. The book's principle task was to undermine the influence of superstition in political life, and it was here that Bayle made the notorious suggestion, unique in the history of political thought until then, that a decent society of atheists is possible in principle. There is no other English translation of this book in print -- the only other version was printed in 1708. This translation is based on a recently re…
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Weitere Autoren: Bartlett, Robert C. (Ausw.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7914-4548-8
- EAN: 9780791445488
- Produktnummer: 1619457
- Verlag: St Univ Of New York Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 271 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.0 cm x D2.1 cm 490 g
- Gewicht: 490
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