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In 1762, Voltaire was at the height of his career, his output manifold and unceasing despite being close to 70 years of age. This was the period of Voltaire’s life in which his …
The twinned evils of superstition and fanaticism had been prominent in Voltaire's work since "La Henriade", but it is only with "Le Fanaticisme, ou Mahomet le prophete" that …
In the wide range of essays, poems and pamphlets contained in this volume we witness Voltaire exercising his polemical powers on a remarkable multiplicity of fronts, only a matter …
When Rameau took the world of opera by storm in 1733, Voltaire set aside his first libretto, "Tanis et Zélide", and wrote "Samson" and later "Pandore" with the composer …
In 1770 Voltaire, now aged 76, is writing as furiously as ever. In addition to embarking on an ambitious new project, the "Questions sur l’Encyclopédie", and writing other works of …
This volume brings together many of Voltaire’s most controversial reflections on religion and philosophy. In "Le Philosophe ignorant" Voltaire summarises his doubts about the …
Part of the complete works of the French philosopher, historian and social reformer, Voltaire. Contains his last philosophical story, "Le Taureau blanc", and other works designed …
The "Lettres sur les Anglais" (also known as the "Lettres philosophiques") is one of the key masterpieces of the European eighteenth century, a manifesto of Enlightenment thinking …
In 1762, Voltaire was at the height of his career, his output manifold and unceasing despite being close to 70 years of age. This was the period of Voltaire's life in which his …
Voltaire's monumental "Dictionnaire philosophique" was first published anonymously in Geneva in 1764, and became a lifelong project for Voltaire. The Dictionary form, pioneered by …