Pierre Bayle Quotes

It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.
Pierre Bayle

Peace, Tolerance, Source

I know too much to be a sceptic and too little to be a dogmatist.
Pierre Bayle

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.
Pierre Bayle

May, Down, Opinion

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.
Pierre Bayle

History, Nothing, Human

The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.
Pierre Bayle

Truth, Acceptance, Opinion

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, Less

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, Less

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, Done, Soul

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Philosopher

Born: November 18, 1647

Died: December 28, 1706

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