“Reason is like a runner who doesn’t know that the race is over, or like Penelope, constantly undoing what it creates… It is better suited to pulling things down than to building them up, and better at discovering what things are not, than what they are.” This week we explore the work of 17th Century philosopher Pierre Bayle.

<p><span>&ldquo;Reason is like a runner who doesn&rsquo;t know that the race is over, or like Penelope, constantly undoing what it creates&hellip; It is better suited to pulling things down than to building them up, and better at discovering what things are not, than what they are.&rdquo; This week we explore the work of 17th Century philosopher Pierre Bayle.</span></p>

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