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Notes and papers from college and graduate school, early writings in notebooks, college transcripts, biographic documents, and folders labelled: Logic, Philosophy and Judaism in 17th Century Amsterdam, the Right of Dissent, 17th Century Judaism, Medieval Science, Skeptical Basis of Democracy, High Road to Skepticism, and Teaching Notes.

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contains a little address book which bears this hand written note in its first page: “Richard Popkin address book, 1950s-1960s. Shows other scholars he may have been in contact with. (note address for George Steiner on last page) J.P. 9/2006” [probably written by his son Jeremy Popkin]

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Note by Jeremy Popkin, 7/18/07: “Miscellaneous correspondence received by RHP, 1960s. Note letters from Julien Eymard, Andre Leroy and Elisabeth Labrousse”

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Note by Jeremy Popkin, 7/18/07: “Miscellaneous correspondence received by RHP, 1962-63, correspondents’ names T-Z. The largest number are from Popkin’s student and friend Richard (Red) Watson; other letters from Ted Waldman.

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Notebook by R. A. Watson [currently emeritus professor at WU in Saint Louis and specialist on Descartes] with notes on a Popkin’s course about modern philosophy.

Contents Notebook containing a sort of diary written by Popkin in 1979 while he was writing “the book”. Although he published a re-edition of his work on Skepticism that year, it probably was his book about La Peyrère as there are many references about him in the notes. Also it should be considered that the book about La Peyrère was a project that took Popkin many years to finish and that could probably be related with the many references to difficulties and depression found in these notes. In...

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‘Besterman, First Enlightenment Congress’ contains documentation regarding the assistance of RHP to this congress.

Scope and Content From the File:

Notes and papers from college and graduate school, early writings in notebooks, college transcripts, biographic documents, and folders labelled: Logic, Philosophy and Judaism in 17th Century Amsterdam, the Right of Dissent, 17th Century Judaism, Medieval Science, Skeptical Basis of Democracy, High Road to Skepticism, and Teaching Notes.

Scope and Content From the File:

Notes and papers from college and graduate school, early writings in notebooks, college transcripts, biographic documents, and folders labelled: Logic, Philosophy and Judaism in 17th Century Amsterdam, the Right of Dissent, 17th Century Judaism, Medieval Science, Skeptical Basis of Democracy, High Road to Skepticism, and Teaching Notes.

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‘The Sceptical Bases of Democracy’ contains a note saying “mid. 1960s perhaps early Scepticism lecture”