Download or read book Complete Works of Voltaire 72 written by Voltaire and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ce volume donne un bon apercu des combats qui occupent Voltaire au debut des annees 1770: qu'il s'agisse de se battre pour la survivance du theatre francais issu du Grand Siecle (Les Pelopides), de defendre son Dieu contre les materialistes radicaux (Dieu. Reponse au Systeme de la nature, Lettres de Memmius a Ciceron), de denoncer l'asservissement des mainmortables de Franche-Comte (Au Roi en son Conseil, Nouvelle Requete), ou encore de fustiger les travers de son epoque et l'obscurantisme de l'Eglise (Les Deux Siecles, Le Pere Nicodeme et Jeannot), Voltaire continue a monter au creneau a 75 ans passes pour defendre ses convictions."
Download or read book The Quotable Voltaire written by François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) (1694-1778) and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of more than 2,000 books and pamphlets, Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778) was one of the most prolific writers of the eighteenth century, and also one of the wittiest and most insightful. This unique collection of over 800 of Voltaire’s wisest passages and choicest bons mots runs the gamut on topics from adultery to Zoroaster, in both English and French. Drawing from a wide range of his publications, private letters, and remarks recorded by his contemporaries, The Quotable Voltaire includes material never before gathered in a single volume. English translations appear alongside the original French, and each quote is thoroughly indexed and referenced, with page numbers for both the first known publication edition of each entry and the most recent edition of Voltaire’s works. The book also features over 400 quotes about Voltaire, including commentary by eighteenth-century luminaries like Samuel Johnson, Catherine the Great, Casanova, and John Adams, as well as an eclectic assortment of modern-day personages ranging from Winston Churchill and Jorge Luis Borges to Mae West and Mike Tyson. Lavishly illustrated with nearly three dozen images of Voltaire-related art, this collection opens with a scholarly essay that recounts the great man’s life and reflects on his outsized influence on Western culture. Whether you are a Voltaire scholar or a neophyte, The Quotable Voltaire is the perfect introduction to a brilliant mind.
Download or read book A catalogue of the entire library of the rev Ellis Jones and of several other valuable collections of books The sale will begin on Feb 1 1786 written by Ellis Jones and published by . This book was released on 1786 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Catalogue of an Extensive and Valuable Collection of Books Containing Many Recent Purchases of Rare and Valuable Articles The Sale Will Begin on Monday the 12th of January 1795 by Benjamin and John White written by B. and J. White and published by . This book was released on 1795 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A catalogue of a very large and curious collection of books in which are included the libraries of T Whately J Wallace c Which will be sold this day 1773 written by Thomas Payne and published by . This book was released on 1773 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Living in the Ottoman Realm written by Christine Isom-Verhaaren and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in the Ottoman Realm brings the Ottoman Empire to life in all of its ethnic, religious, linguistic, and geographic diversity. The contributors explore the development and transformation of identity over the long span of the empire's existence. They offer engaging accounts of individuals, groups, and communities by drawing on a rich array of primary sources, some available in English translation for the first time. These materials are examined with new methodological approaches to gain a deeper understanding of what it meant to be Ottoman. Designed for use as a course text, each chapter includes study questions and suggestions for further reading.
Download or read book A Catalogue of the Entire Libraries of Charles Hedges Esq Late of the Garter House Windsor Castle Containing a Fine Collection of Classics and Books on the Belles lettres and of the Rev William Cole the Eminent Antiquary Late of Milton Near Cambridge Comprising Books on All Subjects of English Antiquity Biography Monastic and Ecclesiastical History and a Few Rare Articles of Italian Literature written by Benjamin White and published by . This book was released on 1784 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A catalogue of near forty thousand volumes of curious books in which are included the libraries of E Chamberlayne and of mr Wibbersly c Which will begin to be sold Feb 1783 written by Payne Thomas and son and published by . This book was released on 1783 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe I written by Mark Curran and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a ground-breaking contribution to enlightenment studies and the international and cross-cultural history of print. The result of a five year research project, the volume traces the output and dissemination of books and how reading tastes changed in the years 1769-1794. Mapping the book trade of the Société Typographique de Neuchâtel (STN), a Swiss publisher-wholesaler which operated throughout Europe, the authors reconstruct the cosmopolitan elite culture of the later enlightenment, incorporating many engaging case studies. The STN's archives are uniquely rich in both detail and range, and while these archives have long attracted book historians (notably Robert Darnton, a leading scholar of the Enlightenment), existing work is fragmentary and limited in scope. By means of comparative study, the author considers the entire book market across Europe, making local, regional and chronological nuances, based on advanced taxonomies of subject content, author information, markers of illegality and much more. This volume is, in short, the most diverse and detailed study of the late 18th-century book trade yet, while offering fresh insights into the enlightenment.
Download or read book Biology and Ideology from Descartes to Dawkins written by Denis R. Alexander and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of human history, the sciences, and biology in particular, have often been manipulated to cause immense human suffering. For example, biology has been used to justify eugenic programs, forced sterilization, human experimentation, and death camps—all in an attempt to support notions of racial superiority. By investigating the past, the contributors to Biology and Ideology from Descartes to Dawkins hope to better prepare us to discern ideological abuse of science when it occurs in the future. Denis R. Alexander and Ronald L. Numbers bring together fourteen experts to examine the varied ways science has been used and abused for nonscientific purposes from the fifteenth century to the present day. Featuring an essay on eugenics from Edward J. Larson and an examination of the progress of evolution by Michael J. Ruse, Biology and Ideology examines uses both benign and sinister, ultimately reminding us that ideological extrapolation continues today. An accessible survey, this collection will enlighten historians of science, their students, practicing scientists, and anyone interested in the relationship between science and culture.
Download or read book Voltaire Against the Jews or The Limits of Toleration written by Marco Piazza and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges Voltaire’s doctrine of toleration. Can a Jew be a philosopher? And if so, at what cost? It seeks to provide an organic interpretation of Voltaire’s attitude towards Jews, problematising the issue against the background of his theory of toleration. To date, no monograph entirely dedicated to this theme has been written. This book attempts to provide an answer to the crucial questions that have emerged in the past fifty years through a process of reading and analysis that starts with the publication of Des Juifs (1756), and ends with the posthumous publication of the apocryphal article ‘Juifs’ in the Kehl edition of the Dictionnaire Philosophique (1784).
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Download or read book A catalogue of valuable books in various languages Comprehending two considerable libraries written by Thomas Payne and published by . This book was released on 1796 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
