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Pierre Bayle

1647 - 1706

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Pierre Bayle (French: [bɛl]; 18 November 1647 – 28 December 1706) was a French philosopher, author, and lexicographer. He is best known for his Historical and Critical Dictionary, whose publication began in 1697. Many of the more controversial ideas in the book were hidden away in the voluminous footnotes, or they were slipped into articles on seemingly uncontroversial topics. Bayle is commonly regarded as a forerunner of the Encyclopédistes of the mid-18th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Bayle is the 191st most popular philosopher (down from 179th in 2019), the 432nd most popular biography from France (down from 403rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular French Philosopher.

Pierre Bayle was a French philosopher who was most famous for his contributions to the philosophy of skepticism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Pierre Bayle ranks 191 out of 1,267. Before him are Jean Baudrillard, Sextus Empiricus, José Ortega y Gasset, Bernard Bolzano, Gemistus Pletho, and Pierre Gassendi. After him are Kabir, Apollonius of Tyana, Ernest Renan, Nicolas Malebranche, John Rawls, and Max Horkheimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1647, Pierre Bayle ranks 3. Before him are Denis Papin, and Maria Sibylla Merian. After him are Margaret Mary Alacoque, John George III, Elector of Saxony, Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Suleiman of Persia, Giovanni Ceva, John de Britto, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Constantine Phaulkon, and Elisabeth Hevelius. Among people deceased in 1706, Pierre Bayle ranks 2. Before him is Johann Pachelbel. After him are Peter II of Portugal, 6th Dalai Lama, Georg Joseph Kamel, Arsenije III Čarnojević, Rahman Baba, Kimpa Vita, Andreas Werckmeister, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, John Evelyn, and Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Bayle ranks 432 out of 6,770. Before him are Fernandel (1903), Girard Desargues (1591), André Derain (1880), Jeanne Moreau (1928), Antoine of Navarre (1518), and Pierre Gassendi (1592). After him are Arthur Honegger (1892), Isabella of France (1295), Giambologna (1529), Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), Aristide Briand (1862), and Léo Delibes (1836).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Pierre Bayle ranks 23. Before him are Jean Buridan (1295), Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709), Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908), Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715), Jean Baudrillard (1929), and Pierre Gassendi (1592). After him are Ernest Renan (1823), Nicolas Malebranche (1638), Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714), Jean-François Lyotard (1924), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), and Joseph de Maistre (1753).

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