Scepticism and irreligion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
By: edited by Richard H. Popkin and Arjo Vanderjagt.
Contributors: Popkin, Richard Henry, 1923-; Vanderjagt, Arie Johan.; Conference on Scepticism and Irreligion in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (1990 : Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences and the Humanities)
Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history,; v. 37
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng; fre; ger
Number of pages: 374
Subjects: Skepticism -- History -- 17th century -- Congresses.; Skepticism -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses.; Irreligion -- Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Congresses.; Irreligion -- Europe -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses.
Description: "This volume deals with scepticism and irreligion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The various contributions seek to clarify and to understand the challenges made then to both the framework of thinking about God and religion and the intellectual systems that had supported religious thinking. Ample attention is given to early modern interpretations of ancient Pyrrhonism and also to biblical criticism."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
English, French, and German.
Proceedings of the Conference on Scepticism and Irreligion in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, held July 31-Aug. 4, 1990, at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences and the Humanities.