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O abandono de Deus: quando a crença e a descrença se abraçam
In: Coleção Poéticas do viver crente. Série Linhas de Rumo
Pierre Bayle e a reflexão sobre a imagem do ateu virtuoso na modernidade
In: Griot: Revista de Filosofia, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 337-353
Circumscribing the scope in which atheism can be understood, namely, in the sphere of customs, religious, political and theological conventions, and even in the field of temperaments and characters, from Pensées diverses sur la comète to Continuation des Pensées sur la comète, and the Réponse aux quéstions d'un Provincial Bayle erects, substantiates and radicalizes the link between atheism and virtue, understanding here atheism under a practical approach, that is, in relation to the attitude of those who live as if a god did not exist, minimizing the value of its effectiveness over human conduct. However, such a position is no less endowed with virtue, once such a term is understood as a perpetual disposition to perform certain moral acts and having as purpose the acts of practical life, such as justice, honesty, courage, friendship, among others.
O grande monstro: o ateu no século XVII inglês
In: Griot: Revista de Filosofia, Band 17, Heft 1, S. 315-325
The English atheist in the 17th century is characterized by a polyphony of meanings. But, how would you say the atheist would be in this period? What is the image of the atheist? What is the criterion for specifying the atheist's modus operandi? How to attribute the legal status of someone who is accused of atheism? These are some questions that this text intends to answer, aiming at mapping the various meanings of what is meant by an atheist in the seventeenth century English, in an attempt to extract a concept.