The Importance of Non-Christian Religions in the Philosophy of Pierre: edited by Marta Garcia-Alonso and John Christian Laursen, International Archives of the History of Ideas, Volume 251, Switzerland, Springer, 2024, USD 129.99 (hardcover), USD 39.99 (softcover), https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-64865-6#aboutthis-book
This volume, *The Importance of Non-Christian Religions in the Philosophy of Pierre Bayle*, examines how non-Christian religious traditions significantly influenced the development of Bayle’s thought, challenging the predominant focus on Christianity in Bayle scholarship. The collected essays reveal...
| Published in: | History of European Ideas Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 876 - 883 |
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