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Bayle

[ beyl ]
/ beɪl /

noun

Pierre [pyer], /pyɛr/, 1647–1706, French philosopher and critic.

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Bayle
/ (French bɛl) /

noun

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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