TY  - GEN
T1  - Various thoughts on the occasion of a comet
A1  - Bayle, Pierre, 1647-1706
A2  - Bartlett, Robert C., 1964-
LA  - English
LA  - French
PP  - Albany, N.Y.
PB  - State University of New York Press
YR  - 2000
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm45728387
AB  - The appearance of this comet caused so many panicked inquiries to be made of Pierre Bayle, one of the Enlightenment's greatest thinkers, that he decided to formally respond to them, hence the present work, which first appeared in 1682. The book's principle task was to undermine the influence of "superstition" in political life, and it was here that Bayle made the notorious suggestion, unique in the history of political thought until then, that a decent society of atheists is possible in principle. There is no other English translation of this book in print - the only other version was printed in 1708. This translation is based on a recently revised critical edition of the complete French text and includes a substantial interpretive essay that both elucidates the arguments of the work and indicates the importance of Bayle in the history of the modern Enlightenment. -- Provided by publisher
OP  - 332
CN  - BF1779.C6 B3913 2000eb
SN  - 0585300437
SN  - 9780585300436
SN  - 0791445488
SN  - 9780791445488
SN  - 079144547X
KW  - Comets : Miscellanea.
KW  - Superstition.
KW  - Comets : Religious aspects.
KW  - Religion and politics.
KW  - Rationalism.
KW  - Comètes : Miscellanées.
KW  - Superstitions.
KW  - Comètes : Aspect religieux.
KW  - Religion et politique.
KW  - Rationalisme.
KW  - rationalism (philosophy)
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT : I Ching.
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT : Divination : General.
KW  - Comets
KW  - Comets : Religious aspects
KW  - Rationalism
KW  - Religion and politics
KW  - Superstition
KW  - Trivia and miscellanea
ER  -