Pierre-Daniel Huet: between Scepticism and Fideism

Abstract

Pierre-Daniel Huet was an eighteenth century distinguished Catholic theologian whose posthumously published treatise on the feebleness of the human reason branded him as a sceptic whose views undermined Catholic theology. However, this treatise was written decades before his publication and should be viewed in the context of Huet’s works written and published before this treatise and after. When placed that way, his views on scepticism turn out to fit very well the Catholic dogmatics and have been meant to enhance it.