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Pierre Bayle, the eminent French philosopher and skeptic, challenged religious orthodoxy and defended freedom of thought with his erudite scholarship and incisive critiques of dogma and superstition. From his monumental work "Historical and Critical Dictionary" to his seminal essays on tolerance and religious diversity, Bayle's commitment to intellectual freedom and rational inquiry laid the groundwork for the Enlightenment's embrace of reason, tolerance, and human rights, leaving a lasting legacy of enlightenment and emancipation for future generations to uphold and defend.
"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."
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"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."

Thought, Being, First, Invention
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"The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth."
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"The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth."

Truth, Acceptance, Opinion
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"Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race."
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"Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race."

History, Nothing, Race
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"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."
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"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."

Soul, Protest, Sense
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"There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought."
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"There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought."

Thought, Being, First, Invention
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"It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling."
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"It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling."

Peace, Disorder, Intolerance
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"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."
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"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."

Illusion, May, Opinion
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