"Este Diccionario, este precioso monumento de nuestro siglo, se encontraba hasta el presente oculto en las grandes bibliotecas; por su precio, ni los literatos ni los curiosos desfavorecidos por los dones de la fortuana podían poseerlo;, nosotros sacamos este medalla de su santuario para hacer de ella una moneda corriente". Federico II de Prusia, prólogo al Extracto del Diccionario histórico y crítico de Bayle, 1765 "Balanza en mano, Bayle enseña la duda, / asaz sabio, asaz grande para estar sin sistema, / todos los ha destruido; se combate a sí mismo". Voltaire, Poema sobre el desastre de Lisboa, 1756
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
¿Qué tiene que ver la aparición de un cometa con la ardua actividad de un profesor de Filosofía en la Escuela ilustrada de Rotterdam? ¿Por qué buscaban entonces señales y presagios de las desgracias con las que Dios castigaba a los seres humanos por maldades y pecados cometidos? ¿Acaso no se trata de supersticiones y creencias ridículas que los poderosos teólogos se encargaban de alimentar para mantener al pueblo sometido a creencias inamovibles? Bayle, un filósofo en la treintena, irrumpe para incidir en el debate con argumentaciones centradas en la propia teología. No es otra controversia religiosa más, sino que toca cualquier tipo de creencia para analizar la fundamentación de la moral, los principios de actuación de los hombres, las raíces mismas de la religión, el ateísmo y la idolatría, y hasta las manipulaciones que puede hacer la política de las creencias. Todo esto transcurre con gran brillantez dialéctica que concluye en una demostración contundente de tantos errores de aquellos siglos.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
¿Qué tiene que ver la aparición de un cometa con la ardua actividad de un profesor de Filosofía en la Escuela ilustrada de Rotterdam? ¿Por qué buscaban entonces señales y presagios de las desgracias con las que Dios castigaba a los seres humanos por maldades y pecados cometidos? ¿Acaso no se trata de supersticiones y creencias ridículas que los poderosos teólogos se encargaban de alimentar para mantener al pueblo sometido a creencias inamovibles? Bayle, un filósofo en la treintena, irrumpe para incidir en el debate con argumentaciones centradas en la propia teología. No es otra controversia religiosa más, sino que toca cualquier tipo de creencia para analizar la fundamentación de la moral, los principios de actuación de los hombres, las raíces mismas de la religión, el ateísmo y la idolatría, y hasta las manipulaciones que puede hacer la política de las creencias. Todo esto transcurre con gran brillantez dialéctica que concluye en una demostración contundente de tantos errores de aquellos siglos.