Voltaire's Revolution : Writings from His Campaign to Free Laws from Religion pdf
Voltaire's Revolution : Writings from His Campaign to Free Laws from Religion pdf

Voltaire's Revolution : Writings from His Campaign to Free Laws from Religion.cG. K. Noyer
Voltaire's Revolution : Writings from His Campaign to Free Laws from Religion
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Author: G. K. Noyer
Page Count: 340 pages
Published Date: 20 Aug 2015
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Publication Country: Amherst, United States
Language: English
Type: PDF
ISBN: 9781633880382
File size: 18 Mb
File Name: Voltaire's.Revolution.Writings.from.His.Campaign.to.Free.Laws.from.Religion.pdf
Download Link: Voltaire's Revolution Writings from His Campaign to Free Laws from Religion
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Voltaire, the pen name of Francois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), was one of the most influential leaders of the French Enlightenment. His defense of individual freedom of conscience and his criticisms of religious fanaticism and oppressive orthodoxy had a telling effect on Western history, inspiring several leading founders of America's new laws. This is the first English translation of many of his key texts from his famous pamphlet war for tolerance, written from 1750 to 1768, originally published under pseudonyms to avoid imprisonment and to educate the average citizen. Included are The Sermon of Rabbi Akib (a searing attack on anti-Semitism), Prayer to God (from the famous"Treatise on Tolerance"), the hugely popular Catechism of the Honest Man, "The Dinner at Count Boulainvillier's," and other witty, sometimes acerbic pieces that point out the errors in the Bible, the corruption of the clergy, and the religiously-inspired persecutions, both of his day and across the ages. Many of these pamphlets were burned in a losing battle by the authorities. With a lengthy introduction and copious notes by the editor and translator, plus an appendix including first-hand accounts of the battle by noted mathematician and French revolutionary Condorcet, Frederick the Great, Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith, and others, this excellent compilation will be a welcome addition to the libraries of anyone with an interest in human rights and freedom of thought."

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