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Dialogues of Maximus and Themistius
Series: - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume: 256/18
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Dialogues of Maximus and Themistius is the first English translation of Pierre Bayle’s last book, Entretiens de Maxime et de Thémiste, published posthumously in 1707. The two parts of the Dialogues offer Bayle’s final responses to Jean Le Clerc and Isaac Jaquelot, who had accused Bayle of supporting atheism through his writings on the problem of evil. The Dialogues defends Bayle’s thesis that the problem of evil cannot be solved by reason alone, but serves only to demonstrate the necessity of faith. In his Introduction to the Dialogues, Michael W. Hickson provides detailed historical and philosophical background to the problem of evil in early modern philosophy, as well as summary and analysis of Bayle’s debates with Le Clerc and Jaquelot.
Michael W. Hickson, Ph.D. (2010, University of Western Ontario), is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Trent University. He has published numerous articles on Pierre Bayle, the history of skepticism, and the problem of evil.
“a work of excellence: not only for Hickson’s clear and elegant translation of the text, but also for its brilliant, lengthy introduction, which contains what is arguably the most helpful presentation of Bayle’s Manichean articles to date.”
Mara van der Lugt, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 4 (Winter 2017), pp. 1488-1489.
Mara van der Lugt, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 4 (Winter 2017), pp. 1488-1489.
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Chronologies
Bayle’s Life and Works
Texts of the Bayle-Le Clerc Debate
Texts of the Bayle-Jaquelot Debate
Introduction
The Problem of Evil in Bayle’s Dictionary
Bayle’s Debate with Le Clerc
Bayle’s Debate with Jaquelot
Afterword
Notes on the Text
Bibliography
Pierre Bayle,
Dialogues of Maximus and Themistius
Foreword
Part One: Response to Le Clerc
Introduction
Chapter 1: Examination of Le Clerc’s Case against Bayle
Chapter 2: Four Serious Problems with Le Clerc’s Objection
Chapter 3: Whether Le Clerc’s Zeal was Delayed
Chapter 4: Le Clerc’s Response to the Accusation of Socinianism
Chapter 5: Whether it is Possible to Reject an Evident Proposition
Chapter 6: Le Clerc’s Remarks concerning the Trinity and Pyrrhonism
Chapter 7: Le Clerc’s Remarks concerning Bayle’s Doctrine
Chapter 8: Retortion of Le Clerc’s Accusations
Chapter 9: Le Clerc’s Position Leads to Atheism
Chapter 10: Whether Le Clerc Seeks the Same Refuge as Bayle
Chapter 11: Plastic Natures
Chapter 12: Several Remarks on Origenism
Chapter 13: Le Clerc’s Conception of Tolerance
Chapter 14: General Reflections
Part Two: Response to Jaquelot
Introduction
Chapter 1: Whether Jaquelot is an Arminian Neophyte
Chapter 2: Bayle’s Doctrine is that of the Reformed Church
Chapter 3: A Doctrine’s Validity is Independent of its Author’s Intentions
Chapter 4: Bayle on Human Freedom
Chapter 5: Human Freedom and Two Characteristics of Bayle’s Dictionary
Chapter 6: Jaquelot Agrees with Bayle on the Conformity of Faith and Reason
Chapter 7: Three Alleged Differences between Bayle’s and Jaquelot’s Positions
Chapter 8: ‘Abandoning Reason’ versus ‘Being Contrary to Reason’
Chapter 9: The State of the Question
Chapter 10: Jaquelot’s Unnecessary Compromise
Chapter 11: Jaquelot Abandons Common Notions
Chapter 12: Whether Bayle Believes that God is the Author of Sin
Chapter 13: Jaquelot’s Five Principles
Chapter 14: The Misunderstanding over Human Freedom
Chapter 15: Jaquelot on God’s Permission of Sin
Chapter 16: How a Pagan Philosopher would Answer Jaquelot
Chapter 17: Immutable General Laws
Chapter 18: General Laws and God’s Permission of Sin
Chapter 19: Jaquelot and the Supralapsarian Doctrine
Chapter 20: Jaquelot’s New System
Chapter 21: Jaquelot’s System Entails that God is the Author of Sin
Chapter 22: Refutation of Several of Jaquelot’s Principles
Chapter 23: Jaquelot Abandons his own Principles
Chapter 24: Free Will and the Origin of Evil
Chapter 25: The Importance of Context for Understanding Bayle’s Remarks
Chapter 26: Against the Alleged Two Species of Divine Will
Chapter 27: Jaquelot on Divine Permission
Chapter 28: Jaquelot’s Claim that God could not Prevent the Fall
Chapter 29: Jaquelot on Divine Permission, Continued
Chapter 30: Bayle’s Appeal to Theological Authorities
Chapter 31: On Part Two, Chapter Twenty-Two, of Jaquelot’s Examen
Chapter 32: Physical Evil
Chapter 33: Jaquelot’s Errors concerning Physical Evil
Chapter 34: Eternal Punishment
Chapter 35: Pyrrhonism
Chapter 36: Why Bayle Will Ignore the First Part of Jaquelot’s Examen
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Chronologies
Bayle’s Life and Works
Texts of the Bayle-Le Clerc Debate
Texts of the Bayle-Jaquelot Debate
Introduction
The Problem of Evil in Bayle’s Dictionary
Bayle’s Debate with Le Clerc
Bayle’s Debate with Jaquelot
Afterword
Notes on the Text
Bibliography
Pierre Bayle,
Dialogues of Maximus and Themistius
Foreword
Part One: Response to Le Clerc
Introduction
Chapter 1: Examination of Le Clerc’s Case against Bayle
Chapter 2: Four Serious Problems with Le Clerc’s Objection
Chapter 3: Whether Le Clerc’s Zeal was Delayed
Chapter 4: Le Clerc’s Response to the Accusation of Socinianism
Chapter 5: Whether it is Possible to Reject an Evident Proposition
Chapter 6: Le Clerc’s Remarks concerning the Trinity and Pyrrhonism
Chapter 7: Le Clerc’s Remarks concerning Bayle’s Doctrine
Chapter 8: Retortion of Le Clerc’s Accusations
Chapter 9: Le Clerc’s Position Leads to Atheism
Chapter 10: Whether Le Clerc Seeks the Same Refuge as Bayle
Chapter 11: Plastic Natures
Chapter 12: Several Remarks on Origenism
Chapter 13: Le Clerc’s Conception of Tolerance
Chapter 14: General Reflections
Part Two: Response to Jaquelot
Introduction
Chapter 1: Whether Jaquelot is an Arminian Neophyte
Chapter 2: Bayle’s Doctrine is that of the Reformed Church
Chapter 3: A Doctrine’s Validity is Independent of its Author’s Intentions
Chapter 4: Bayle on Human Freedom
Chapter 5: Human Freedom and Two Characteristics of Bayle’s Dictionary
Chapter 6: Jaquelot Agrees with Bayle on the Conformity of Faith and Reason
Chapter 7: Three Alleged Differences between Bayle’s and Jaquelot’s Positions
Chapter 8: ‘Abandoning Reason’ versus ‘Being Contrary to Reason’
Chapter 9: The State of the Question
Chapter 10: Jaquelot’s Unnecessary Compromise
Chapter 11: Jaquelot Abandons Common Notions
Chapter 12: Whether Bayle Believes that God is the Author of Sin
Chapter 13: Jaquelot’s Five Principles
Chapter 14: The Misunderstanding over Human Freedom
Chapter 15: Jaquelot on God’s Permission of Sin
Chapter 16: How a Pagan Philosopher would Answer Jaquelot
Chapter 17: Immutable General Laws
Chapter 18: General Laws and God’s Permission of Sin
Chapter 19: Jaquelot and the Supralapsarian Doctrine
Chapter 20: Jaquelot’s New System
Chapter 21: Jaquelot’s System Entails that God is the Author of Sin
Chapter 22: Refutation of Several of Jaquelot’s Principles
Chapter 23: Jaquelot Abandons his own Principles
Chapter 24: Free Will and the Origin of Evil
Chapter 25: The Importance of Context for Understanding Bayle’s Remarks
Chapter 26: Against the Alleged Two Species of Divine Will
Chapter 27: Jaquelot on Divine Permission
Chapter 28: Jaquelot’s Claim that God could not Prevent the Fall
Chapter 29: Jaquelot on Divine Permission, Continued
Chapter 30: Bayle’s Appeal to Theological Authorities
Chapter 31: On Part Two, Chapter Twenty-Two, of Jaquelot’s Examen
Chapter 32: Physical Evil
Chapter 33: Jaquelot’s Errors concerning Physical Evil
Chapter 34: Eternal Punishment
Chapter 35: Pyrrhonism
Chapter 36: Why Bayle Will Ignore the First Part of Jaquelot’s Examen
All interested in Pierre Bayle, especially his debates with Rationalists, and anyone concerned with the intersection of philosophy and theology, with skepticism, or with atheism in early modern European thought.