De tribus impostoribus; Rationalism; Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677
Although the works of Michael Servetus may never be met with, it has
always been well known that they were printed, and moreover where they
were printed. Before the publication of the two modern editions of the
"Cymbalum Mundi," composed by Bonnaventure de Perrieres, writing under
the assumed name of Thomas du Clevier, who says that he had translated
it from the Latin, and of which work only two ancient copies remain,
the one in the King's library and the other in that of M. Bigot at
Rouen;--before the publication of the the modern editions, it was an
ascertained fact that the work had been printed, and the date and
name of the bookseller were known. The case is exactly the same as
regards "The Blessings of Christianity, or the Scourge of the Faith,"
the author of which, Geoffrey Vallee a native of Orleans, was hanged
and burned at Greve, on the 9th February 1573, after having adjured
his errors. It is a small octavo work of thirty pages, without date,
or the name of the place where it was printed; a trifle, feebly
reasoned, and now become so rare that perhaps the copy belonging to
Monsieur the Abbe d'Estrees is the only one to be found. But although
all these works had absolutely perished, no one could doubt their
previous existence, the facts on record concerning them being as true,
as those concerning 'The Three Impostors' are apocryphal.
ANSWER
TO THE DISSERTATION OF MONSIEUR DE LA MONNOYE ON THE WORK ENTITLED
"THE THREE IMPOSTORS."
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