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Various Thoughts on the Occasion of a Comet

France · Humanities / Philosophy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1682

Pierre Bayle1682

Rotterdam · Humanities / Philosophy

Bayle publishes Various Thoughts on the Occasion of a Comet, attacking superstition and discussing the possibility of virtuous atheism.

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Pierre Bayle

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