Zoroaster or the scourge of Christian theology An analysis of the intervention of a dualist philosopher in the late work of Pierre Bayle
Keywords:
Pierre Bayle, Isaac Jaquelot, Calvinism, Arminianism, common notions, Theodicy, evilCopyright (c) 2012 V. Bedoya Ponte
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Abstract
I analyze a reflection of a posthumous work by Pierre Bayle, in which a “disciple of Zoroaster” proposes a criticism of the Apologetics of Isaac Jaquelot by an appeal to the problem of evil and sin. I also consider the similarities of this dissertation with other discussions which appeared in Bayle’s earlier works. I finally examine the consequences for Bayle of the argument that claims that God cannot be judged with the principles of human reason or “common notions”.
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