Isaac de Beausobre, a wise historian, investigated the religious influence of Christianity in the first centuries and accordingly the environment of thought and spirit.
(1659-1738) French sage. He examined the first period of Christianity in terms of the history of thought. Born in Niort, died in Berlin. He is from a noble and Protestant family. He was given to a wealthy relative when he was little so that he could lead a better life. Interested in religious matters, Beausobre entered the Saumur Academy and became a priest in 1685. After Protestantism was banned by the Edict of Nant, he wanted to be punished with the claim that he held religious meetings in his home. Therefore, he fled to Rotterdam and came under the protection of a prince. He went to Berlin in 1693. Two years later he became the abbot of the French Church in that city. Entering a respected circle in Berlin, the thinker helped the struggling Protestants. He was also the director of the German Bookstore newspaper for a long time.
Beausobre entered philosophy with a work on the history of religion describing the early days of Christianity. The first volume of this work was printed by himself, and the second was completed by Formey, after the notes he left. He investigated the religious influence of Christianity in the first centuries and accordingly the environment of thought and spirit. This work, besides containing rich historical information about that period, also touched upon very important details about eastern culture. Beausobre, who made an extensive study on Manichaeism, which is a mixed Christian-Zoroastrian religion, also examined the effect of this religion on people.
Histoire Critique de Mani et Manicheisme, 1734, (“The Critical History of Mania and Manichaeism”)