Bayle--political writings
By: edited by Sally L. Jenkinson.
Contributors: Jenkinson, Sally
Series: Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge [UK]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: Political science -- Early works to 1800.; Biography -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Dictionaries
Other titles: Political writings
Description: "Pierre Bayle was one of the most important sceptical thinkers of the seventeenth century. His work was a major influence on the development of the ideas of Voltaire, Hume, Montesquieu and Rousseau. Sally L. Jenkinson's new edition presents the reader with a coherent path through Bayle's monumental work. This is the first volume in English to select political writings from Bayle's work and to present its author as a specifically political thinker. Sally L. Jenkinson's translation will be welcomed by scholars and students of the history of ideas, political theory, cultural history and French studies."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.