Philosophical Commentary on These Words of the Gospel, Luke 14.23, "Compel Them to Come In, That My House May Be Full"

Philosophical Commentary deals with church and state, religious toleration, legal enforcement of religious practices, and religiously motivated violence.
Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) was a Protestant philosopher and critic.
John Kilcullen is Senior Research Fellow, Humanities, at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Chandran Kukathas is Chair in Political Theory at The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London.

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Pierre Bayle; Edited by John Kilcullen

Summary

The popular mind often associates scepticism with irreligion, and critical distance with unbelief. Pierre Bayle's scepticism was of a singularly distinct sort. He argued not that religion is untrue, but that the discourses proper to theology and the discourses proper to philosophy are incapable of any meaningful exchange.

Product details

• Authors: Pierre Bayle
• Assisted by: John Kilcullen (Editor), Chandran Kukathas (Editor)
• Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.12.2005
• EAN: 9780865974951
• ISBN: 978-0-86597-495-1
• No. of pages: 639
• Dimensions: 227 mm x 156 mm x 43 mm
• Weight: 1092 g
• Series: Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics; Natural Law and Enlightenment; Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics; Natural Law and Enlightenment
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day