Selected Political Writings of Bell (Cambridge History of Political Thought Original Series, Facsimile Edition)

Author: (English) Bell
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Publishing Time: 2003-05-01
Features: Pierre Bayle was one of the most important thinkers of the seventeenth century. His work was a major influence on the development of the ideas of Hume, Montesquieu, and Rousseau. Banned in France on first publication in 1697. Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et Critique became a bestseller and ran into several editions and translations. Sally L. Jenkinson's masterly 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 his author as a specifically hinder hinder. Sally L. Jenkinson will be welcomed by scholars and students of the history of ideas, political theory, cultural history, and French studies.