
Pierre Bayle (November 18, 1647 – December 28, 1706) was a France philosopher and writer. He was born at Carla-le-Comte, near Pamiers (Ariège), and was educated by his father, a Calvinism minister, and at an academy at Puylaurens. He afterwards entered a Jesuit college at Toulouse, and became a Roman Catholic a month later (1669). After seventeen months he returned to Calvinism, and, to avoid persecution, fled to Geneva, where he became acquainted with the teachings of René Descartes. For some years he acted under the name of Bèle as tutor in various Parisian families, but in 1675 he was appointed to the chair of philosophy at the Protestant University of Sedan. In 1681 the university at Sedan was suppressed, but almost immediately afterwards Bayle was appointed professor of philosophy and history at the Ecole Illustre in Rotterdam. Here in 1682 he published his famous ''Pensées diverses sur la comète de 1680'' and his critique of Louis Maimbourg's work on the history of Calvinism. The great reputation achieved by this critique stirred the envy of Bayle's colleague, Pierre Jurieu, who had written a book on the same subject. In 1684 Bayle began the publication of his ''Nouvelles de la république des lettres'', a kind of journal of literary criticism. In 1690 there appeared a work entitled ''Avis important aux refugies'', which Jurieu attributed to Bayle, whom he attacked with animosity. After a long quarrel Bayle was deprived of his chair in 1693. He was not depressed by this misfortune, especially as he was at the time engaged in the preparation of the ''Historical and Critical Dictionary'' (''Dictionnaire historique et critique''). The remaining years of Bayle's life were devoted to miscellaneous writings, arising in many instances out of criticisms made upon his ''Dictionary''. He died in exile at Rotterdam. In 1906 a statue in his honour was erected at Pamiers, "la reparation d'un long oubli." Bayle's erudition was considerable. As an original thinker, he was not outstanding, but as a critic he was second to none in his own time, and even now the delicacy and the skill with which he handled his subject is notable. The ''Nouvelles de la république des lettres'' (see Louis P Betz, ''P. Bayle und die Nouvelles de Ia république des lettres'', Zürich, 1896) was the first thorough-going attempt to popularize literature, and it was eminently successful. The ''Dictionary'', however, is Bayle's masterpiece. == Editions == *''Historical and Critical Dictionary'' (1695-1697; 1702, enlarged; best that of P. des Maizeaux, 4 vols., 1740) *''Les Œuvres de Bayle'' (3 vols., The Hague) *des Maizeaux, ''Vie de Bayle'' *Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach, ''Pierre Bayle'' (1838) *Jean Philibert Damiron, ''La Philosophie en France au XVIII' siècle'' (1858-1864) *Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, “Du genie critique et de Bayle" (''Revue des deux mondes'', December 1, 1855) *A Deschamps, ''La Génèse du scepticisme erudit chez Bayle'' (Liege, 1878) *J Denis, ''Bayle et furleu'' (Paris, 1886) *Ferdinand Brunetière, ''La Critique littéraire au XVIII' siècle'' (vol. 1, 1890), and ''La Critique de Bayle'' (1893) *Émile Gigas, ''Choix de to correspondance inédite de Pierre Bayle'' (Paris, 1890, reviewed in ''Revue critique'', December 22 1890) *de Budé, ''Lettres inédites adressées a JA Turretini'' (Paris, 1887) *JF Stephen, ''Horae Sabbaticae'' (London, 1892, 3rd ser. pp. 174192) *A Cazes, ''P. Bayle, sa vie, ses œuvres'', etc. (1905). == Reference == * == External link == * [http://www.lett.unipmn.it/~mori/bayle The Pierre Bayle Homepage] * [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bayle/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry] 1647 births 1706 deaths Early modern philosophers French philosophers
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Pierre Bayle (November 18, 1647 – December 28, 1706) was a France philosopher and writer. He was born at Carla-le-Comte, near Pamiers (Ariège), and was educated by his father, a Calvinism minister, and at an academy at Puylaurens. He afterwards entered a Jesuit college at Toulouse, and became a Roman Catholic a month later (1669). After seventeen months he returned to Calvinism, and, to avoid persecution, fled to Geneva, where he became acquainted with the teachings of René Descartes. For some years he acted under the name of Bèle as tutor in various Parisian families, but in 1675 he was appointed to the chair of philosophy at the Protestant University of Sedan. In 1681 the university at Sedan was suppressed, but almost immediately afterwards Bayle was appointed professor of philosophy and history at the Ecole Illustre in Rotterdam. Here in 1682 he published his famous ''Pensées diverses sur la comète de 1680'' and his critique of Louis Maimbourg's work on the history of Calvinism. The great reputation achieved by this critique stirred the envy of Bayle's colleague, Pierre Jurieu, who had written a book on the same subject. In 1684 Bayle began the publication of his ''Nouvelles de la république des lettres'', a kind of journal of literary criticism. In 1690 there appeared a work entitled ''Avis important aux refugies'', which Jurieu attributed to Bayle, whom he attacked with animosity. After a long quarrel Bayle was deprived of his chair in 1693. He was not depressed by this misfortune, especially as he was at the time engaged in the preparation of the ''Historical and Critical Dictionary'' (''Dictionnaire historique et critique''). The remaining years of Bayle's life were devoted to miscellaneous writings, arising in many instances out of criticisms made upon his ''Dictionary''. He died in exile at Rotterdam. In 1906 a statue in his honour was erected at Pamiers, "la reparation d'un long oubli." Bayle's erudition was considerable. As an original thinker, he was not outstanding, but as a critic he was second to none in his own time, and even now the delicacy and the skill with which he handled his subject is notable. The ''Nouvelles de la république des lettres'' (see Louis P Betz, ''P. Bayle und die Nouvelles de Ia république des lettres'', Zürich, 1896) was the first thorough-going attempt to popularize literature, and it was eminently successful. The ''Dictionary'', however, is Bayle's masterpiece. == Editions == *''Historical and Critical Dictionary'' (1695-1697; 1702, enlarged; best that of P. des Maizeaux, 4 vols., 1740) *''Les Œuvres de Bayle'' (3 vols., The Hague) *des Maizeaux, ''Vie de Bayle'' *Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach, ''Pierre Bayle'' (1838) *Jean Philibert Damiron, ''La Philosophie en France au XVIII' siècle'' (1858-1864) *Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, “Du genie critique et de Bayle" (''Revue des deux mondes'', December 1, 1855) *A Deschamps, ''La Génèse du scepticisme erudit chez Bayle'' (Liege, 1878) *J Denis, ''Bayle et furleu'' (Paris, 1886) *Ferdinand Brunetière, ''La Critique littéraire au XVIII' siècle'' (vol. 1, 1890), and ''La Critique de Bayle'' (1893) *Émile Gigas, ''Choix de to correspondance inédite de Pierre Bayle'' (Paris, 1890, reviewed in ''Revue critique'', December 22 1890) *de Budé, ''Lettres inédites adressées a JA Turretini'' (Paris, 1887) *JF Stephen, ''Horae Sabbaticae'' (London, 1892, 3rd ser. pp. 174192) *A Cazes, ''P. Bayle, sa vie, ses œuvres'', etc. (1905). == Reference == * == External link == * [http://www.lett.unipmn.it/~mori/bayle The Pierre Bayle Homepage] * [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bayle/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry] 1647 births 1706 deaths Early modern philosophers French philosophers
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