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Petrus Bayle
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Petrus Bayle (natus die 18 Novembris 1647 Carla-Bayle in praefectura Arigia;Roterodami die 28 Decembris 1706 mortuus) fuit philosophus et scriptor Francicus aevo Illuminationis.
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Fuit protestans, calvinista et scepticista, tolerantiam et libertatem religionis postulavit; studium de Cartesio fecit et editor librorum Encyclopédie fuit.