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BEKKER, BALTHASAR (1634–1698)

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BEKKER, BALTHASAR (1634–1698) , Dutch divine, was See also:born in See also:Friesland in 1634, and educated at See also:Groningen, under See also:Jacob See also:Alting, and at See also:Franeker. He was pastor at Franeker, and from1679, at See also:Amsterdam. An enthusiastic See also:disciple of See also:Descartes, he wrote several See also:works in See also:philosophy and See also:theology, which by their freedom of thought aroused considerable hostility. His best known See also:work was See also:Die Betooverde Wereld (1691), or The See also:World Bewitched (1695; one See also:volume of an See also:English See also:translation from a See also:French copy), in which he examined critically the phenomena generally ascribed to spiritual agency, and attacked the belief in sorcery and " See also:possession " by the See also:devil, whose very existence he questioned. The See also:book is interesting as an See also:early study in See also:comparative See also:religion, but its publication in 1692 led to Bekker's deposition from the See also:ministry. He died at Amsterdam.

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