Reading Bayle (Toronto Studies in Philosophy)
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (703 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802082661 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 202 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Roald Andresen said Now I'm even more confused. I bought this book because I found Bayle's works confusing and difficult to approach. This book - with its very promissing title - is just as confusing and unapproachable. It certainly was of no help to me.
Examinations of libraries from the period show him to have been by far the most successful author of the century, and his Historical and Critical Dictionary is in fact the philosophy best-seller of all time. One aim is to indicate how a reading of Bayle might be made possible-how the initial impenetrability of his writings and their world might be overcome. Despite his universally acknowledged importance, however, there has been from his own time to the present much disagreement about how Bayle is to be interpreted. Finally, it is a record of the author's own thoughts upon read
Lennon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario.. About the AuthorThomas M
Thomas M. Lennon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario.