LEADER 03568nam 2200673 450 001 9910456100603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-03732-3 010 $a9786612037320 010 $a1-4426-7901-8 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442679016 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004308 035 $a(EBL)4671880 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000307697 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11255224 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307697 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10244463 035 $a(PQKB)10475251 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600621 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255397 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671880 035 $a(DE-B1597)464798 035 $a(OCoLC)944177660 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442679016 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671880 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257569 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL203732 035 $a(OCoLC)815769001 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004308 100 $a20160923h19991999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReading Bayle /$fThomas M. Lennon 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1999. 210 4$dİ1999 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 225 1 $aToronto Studies in Philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-8266-1 311 $a0-8020-4488-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tBibliographical Note -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. Integrity -- $t3. Authority -- $t4. Toleration -- $t5. Idolatry -- $t6. Providence -- $tEpilogue -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aPierre Bayle (1647-1706) has been described by Richard Popkin as the key intellectual figure at the outset of the eighteenth century. Examinations of libraries from the period show him to have been by far the most successful author of the century, and his Historical and Critical Dictionary is in fact the philosophy best-seller of all time. The concepts, distinctions, and arguments found in his work were so widely adopted by later authors that Bayle came to be known as the 'Arsenal of the Enlightenment'. Despite his universally acknowledged importance, however, there has been from his own time to the present much disagreement about how Bayle is to be interpreted. The title of this work is deliberately ambiguous, reflecting the multiple levels on which its argument is conducted. One aim is to indicate how a reading of Bayle might be made possible-how the initial impenetrability of his writings and their world might be overcome. On another level, the book offers an interpretation of Bayle's writings. Finally, it is a record of the author's own thoughts upon reading Bayle-what he finds himself thinking about as he looks at Bayle and his world.This work is a critical but sympathetic treatment of this neglected thinker. It will engage anyone interested in the history of modern philosophy, the history of ideas, literary criticism, and the history of seventeenth-century French culture. 410 0$aToronto studies in philosophy. 606 $aPHILOSOPHY / Criticism$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aPHILOSOPHY / Criticism. 676 $a194 700 $aLennon$b Thomas M.$0901148 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456100603321 996 $aReading Bayle$92459551 997 $aUNINA