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Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle
French Philosopher
Born: Nov 18, 1647
Died: Dec 28, 1706
Author Book First Invention Thought Truth
Related authors: Albert Camus Blaise Pascal Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Paul Sartre Michel de Montaigne Montesquieu Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Simone Weil
The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth. Pierre Bayle
Truth Acceptance Assurance General Opinion Antiquity
Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race. Pierre Bayle
History Nothing Crimes Properly Misfortunes Human Race Speaking Human Race
I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done. Pierre Bayle
Good Soul Sense Everything My Soul Bottom Term Protest Protestant Said Am Done Against Full
There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought. Pierre Bayle
Book Thought Invention First Rightly Finds Wit Nor Than Author Being Less Applying
There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought. Pierre Bayle
Book Thought Invention First Aptly Than Author Being Less Found Applying

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