The Anatomy of Superstition: Study of the Historical Theory and Practice of Pierre Bayle

by Ruth Whelan

This book investigates what actually happens when Pierre Bayle writes about the past and challenges the still prevalent view that he is dispassionate in the way he treats the subjects of the more than two thousand articles in his biographical Dictionnaire historique et critique. It opens with two case studies of the way he uses the sources available to him, which reveal a committed writer at work. Subsequent chapters explore the theory that shapes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0729403726
• ISBN13: 9780729403726
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"