PHILOSOPHER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Bayle has received more than 343,198 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Pierre Bayle is the 179th most popular philosopher (up from 190th in 2019), the 403rd most popular biography from France (down from 395th in 2019) and the 19th 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 179 out of 1,267. Before him are Claude Adrien Helvétius, Xun Kuang, Ernest Renan, Proclus, Karl Kautsky, and Posidonius. After him are Paul Ricœur, José Ortega y Gasset, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Marquis de Condorcet, Apollonius of Tyana, and Moses Mendelssohn.

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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, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Elisabeth Hevelius, Constantine Phaulkon, and William Louis, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1706, Pierre Bayle ranks 2. Before him is Johann Pachelbel. After him are Peter II of Portugal, 6th Dalai Lama, Kimpa Vita, Arsenije III Čarnojević, Andreas Werckmeister, Rahman Baba, Georg Joseph Kamel, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Ferdinand de Marsin, and Godfried Schalcken.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Bayle ranks 403 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Laval (1883), Liliane Bettencourt (1922), Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805), Camille Desmoulins (1760), Gaspard Monge (1746), and Robert I of France (860). After him are Patrice de MacMahon (1808), Jean Lannes (1769), Paul Ricœur (1913), Jean-Baptiste Say (1767), Baldwin II of Jerusalem (1060), and Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Pierre Bayle ranks 19. Before him are Simone Weil (1909), Charles Fourier (1772), Jean Buridan (1295), Jean Baudrillard (1929), Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715), and Ernest Renan (1823). After him are Paul Ricœur (1913), Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709), Marquis de Condorcet (1743), Nicolas Malebranche (1638), Pierre Gassendi (1592), and Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908).

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