The history of scepticism : from Savonarola to Bayle / Richard H. Popkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Popkin, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1923-2005

Contributor:

Popkin, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1923-2005.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skepticism--History.

Skepticism.

History.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 415 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Revised and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

This is the third edition of a classic book first published in 1960, which has sold thousands of copies in two paperback edition and has been translated into several foreign languages. Popkin's work has generated innumerable citations, and remains a valuable stimulus to current historical research. In this updated version, he has revised and expanded throughout, and has added three new chapters, one on Savonarola, one on Henry More and Ralph Cudworth, and one on Pascal. This authoritative treatment of the theme of scepticism and its historical impact will appeal to scholars and students of early modern history now as much as ever.

Notes:

Rev. and expanded ed. of: The history of scepticism from Erasmus to Spinoza. Rev. and expanded ed. c1979.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-407) and index.

Related Work:

Popkin, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1923-2005. History of scepticism from Erasmus to Spinoza.

ISBN:

0195107675

0195107683

OCLC:

49550313