TY  - BOOK
AU  - John Pedersen,
AB  - The philosopher Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) is one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of the European Enlightenment. He was persecuted by the Catholics for his Calvinist beliefs. He was seen as a heretic by his co-religionists because of the doubt that was an essential part of his view of life. He became an icon for many of the Enlightenment’s most prominent figures because of his inveterate defence of religious tolerance. He is widely unknown in today’s Denmark. You could call him a figure of Christian Enlightenment, a tolerant warrior, born in a time of war, where Catholic France carried through a bloody showdown with its Protestant population. He was an exceptionally gifted thinker who spoke on behalf of toleration, thus becoming an emblematic figure for Enlightenment thinkers as Montesquieu and Voltaire.     Religious fanaticism was Bayle’s primary enemy; the contending parties should be brought to an awareness of their lack of tolerance. His life and battles seems like a prelude to the Enlightenment. Because of this Bayle and his writings are important elements in a still on-going battle: the battle between fanaticism and tolerance.
DO  - 10.26530/OAPEN_342375
ID  - OAPEN ID: 342375
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1030816023
ID  - OAPEN ID: 808383135
KW  - dansk
KW  - philosophy, history of
KW  - france
KW  - religion og teologi
KW  - holland
KW  - forfatterskab
KW  - religion and theology
KW  - church policy
KW  - 18. årh.
KW  - filosofi og psykologi
KW  - philosophy and psychology
KW  - kirkepolitik
KW  - forfatterportræt
KW  - bayle, pierre
KW  - 17th century
KW  - kristendom
KW  - netherlands, the
KW  - 17. årh.
KW  - filosofihistorie
KW  - 18th century
KW  - frankrig
KW  - danish
KW  - authorship
KW  - enlightenment, the age of
KW  - christianity
KW  - author, portrait of an
KW  - oplysningstiden
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/40850e48-218b-42f3-bbd4-38ce95d02001/342375.pdf
LA  - Undetermined[und]
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/34923
PB  - Museum Tusculanum Press
PY  - 2006
SN  - 9788763505024
TI  - Tvivl og tolerance (Vol. 15):Et skrift om Pierre Bayle, en milepæl og et paradoks i oplysningens historienull
ER  - 
