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Bayle
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Pierre
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1647–1706,
French philosopher and critic.
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Bayle
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French
bɛl)
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n
Pierre
(pjɛr). 1647--1706, French philosopher and critic, noted for his
Dictionnaire historique et critique
(1697), which profoundly influenced Voltaire and the French Encyclopedists
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