The Importance of Non-Christian Religions in the Philosophy of Pierre Bayle

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Contents About the Editors Chapter 1: Introduction: Europe as a Religious Melting Pot Bibliography Chapter 2: Beyond Conscience: Judaism in the Philosophy of Pierre Bayle 2.1 Bayle and the Old Testament 2.2 Early Modern Jews in the Dictionnaire 2.3 Judaism, Toleration, and the Rights of Conscience 2.4 Late Bayle: Conscience in Conflict 2.5 Conclusion: Bayle, Judaism and the Enlightenment Bibliography Chapter 3: Philosophy and Its Islamic Moment: Pierre Bayle and Islam 3.1 The State of Knowledge About Islam in the Time of Bayle 3.2 From Polemical Legends to the Anthropological Reading of Religions 3.3 Muhammad: Impostor or Fanatic? Jurieu’s Shadow 3.4 Tolerance and Violence: Islam Better than Christianity? 3.5 An Islamic Genealogy of Free-Thinking from Averroes to Spinoza 3.6 Conclusion: Bayle, Lessing and the Islamic “Predilection” of Enlightened Philosophy Bibliography Chapter 4: Bayle: Confucianism and China 4.1 Introduction: The Jesuit Rites Controversy 4.2 Bayle’s Sources on China 4.3 Bayle’s Rejection of Natural Religion 4.4 Baylean Political Atheism 4.5 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 5: Bayle and Japan 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Japan Before the Dictionnaire, Two Examples 5.3 Japan for the European Sixteenth Century 5.4 Japan in Bayle’s Dictionnaire Historique et Critique 5.5 Buddhism, Quietism and Spinozism 5.6 Conclusion Bibliography The Works of Pierre Bayle Other Bibliography Chapter 6: Bayle’s Reception of Greco-Roman Religion and Culture 6.1 The Virtues of a Model Society 6.2 Sovereignty and Providence 6.3 Scandal 6.4 False Gods 6.5 The Challenge of Pagan Virtue Bibliography Chapter 7: Bayle and the Ghosts of Mani and Zoroaster 7.1 Dramatis Personae 7.2 Why Diarchism? 7.3 A Failed Solution: Man’s Free Choice 7.4 The Flaws of Diarchism 7.5 Why Not Plutarch? 7.6 The Accusation of “Manicheism” in Anti-protestant Controversies 7.7 Bayle’s Defensive Strategy 7.8 Bayle’s Irenicism 7.9 Conclusion Bibliography Primary Literature Secondary Literature Chapter 8: Bayle and the American and African Atheists 8.1 Overview of Bayle on Atheism 8.2 Americans in the Historical and Critical Dictionary and Other Writings 8.3 Africans in the Historical and Critical Dictionary and Other Writings 8.4 Americans in the Continuation of the Diverse Thoughts on the Comet and the Response to a Provincial’s Questions 8.5 Africans in the Continuation of the Diverse Thoughts on the Comet and the Response to a Provincial’s Questions 8.6 Conclusion Bibliography Bayle’s Works Where an English translation is used, it is cited from the following: General Bibliography Index