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Author : Voltaire
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Memoirs of the Life of Voltaire written by Voltaire and published by . This book was released on 1784 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : By Voltaire
Publisher : BookRix
ISBN 13 : 3736801785
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Candide written by By Voltaire and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2019-06-10 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Candide is a French satire by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds". Candide is characterized by its sarcastic tone, as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so too does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers through allegory; most conspicuously, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism. As expected by Voltaire, Candide has enjoyed both great success and great scandal. Immediately after its secretive publication, the book was widely banned because it contained religious blasphemy, political sedition and intellectual hostility hidden under a thin veil of naïveté. However, with its sharp wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition, the novel has since inspired many later authors and artists to mimic and adapt it. Today, Candide is recognized as Voltaire's magnum opus and is often listed as part of the Western canon; it is arguably taught more than any other work of French literature. It was listed as one of The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written.
Author : Ian Davidson
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802142368
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (423 download)
Download or read book Voltaire in Exile written by Ian Davidson and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Voltaire in Exile, Ian Davidson has re-created this period in the life of one of the giant figures of the Enlightenment. By painstakingly translating the rich correspondence between Voltaire and his family, members of the Court at Versailles, and the French intellectual elite, Davidson allows us to discover Voltaire the artist, the campaigner, the aesthete, the lover, the humorist. The result is a portrait of this funny, iconoclastic, complex, and ferociously intelligent individual - the man Diderot described as "the unique man of the century.""--Jacket.
Author : Voltaire
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Total Pages : 246 pages
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Download or read book Memoirs of the Life of Voltaire written by Voltaire and published by . This book was released on 1784 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781357050597
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Memoirs of the Life of Voltaire written by Voltaire and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101128127
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)
Download or read book The Portable Voltaire written by Voltaire and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1977-07-28 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Part One of Candide; three stories; selections from The Philosophical Dictionary, The Lisbon Earthquake, and other works; and thirty-five letters.
Author : Francis Espinasse
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Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Life of Voltaire written by Francis Espinasse and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Parton
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Total Pages : 652 pages
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Download or read book Life of Voltaire written by James Parton and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nancy Mitford
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590175786
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Voltaire in Love written by Nancy Mitford and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inimitable Nancy Mitford’s account of Voltaire’s fifteen-year relationship with the Marquise du Châtelet—the renowned mathematician who introduced Isaac Newton’s revolutionary new physics to France—is a spirited romp in the company of two extraordinary individuals as well as an erudite and gossipy guide to French high society during the Enlightenment. Mitford’s story is as delicious as it is complicated. The marquise was in love with another mathematician, Maupertuis, while she had an unexpected rival for Voltaire’s affections in the future Frederick the Great of Prussia (and later in the philosophe’s own niece). There was, at least, no jealous husband to contend with: the Marquis du Châtelet, Mitford assures us, behaved perfectly. The beau monde of Paris was, however, distraught at the idea of the lovers’ brilliant conversation going to waste on the windswept hills of Champagne, site of the Château de Cirey, where experimental laboratories, a darkroom, and a library of more than twenty-one thousand volumes enabled them to pursue their amours philosophiques. From time to time the threat of impending arrest would send Voltaire scurrying across the border into Holland, but his irrepressible charm—and the interventions of powerful friends—always made it possible for him resume his studies with the cherished marquise.
Author : Louis Mayeul Chaudon
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Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Historical and Critical Memoirs of the Life and Writings of M. de Voltaire written by Louis Mayeul Chaudon and published by . This book was released on 1786 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Voltaire
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
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Download or read book An Essay on Universal History, the Manners, and Spirit of Nations written by Voltaire and published by . This book was released on 1777 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Voltaire
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A Philosophical Dictionary written by Voltaire and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Historical and Critical Memoirs of the Life and Writings of M. de Voltaire written by and published by . This book was released on 1786 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Louis Mayeul Chaudon
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Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Historical and Critical Memoirs of the Life and Writings of M. de Voltaire, etc written by Louis Mayeul Chaudon and published by . This book was released on 1786 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Dutton Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Age of Louis XIV written by Voltaire and published by Dutton Adult. This book was released on 1961 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marc Fumaroli
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590173759
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book When The World Spoke French written by Marc Fumaroli and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Review Books Original During the eighteenth century, from the death of Louis XIV until the Revolution, French culture set the standard for all of Europe. In Sweden, Austria, Italy, Spain, England, Russia, and Germany, among kings and queens, diplomats, military leaders, writers, aristocrats, and artists, French was the universal language of politics and intellectual life. In When the World Spoke French, Marc Fumaroli presents a gallery of portraits of Europeans and Americans who conversed and corresponded in French, along with excerpts from their letters or other writings. These men and women, despite their differences, were all irresistibly attracted to the ideal of human happiness inspired by the Enlightenment, whose capital was Paris and whose king was Voltaire. Whether they were in Paris or far away, speaking French connected them in spirit with all those who desired to emulate Parisian tastes, style of life, and social pleasures. Their stories are testaments to the appeal of that famous “sweetness of life” nourished by France and its language.
Author : Nicholas Cronk
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199688354
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Voltaire written by Nicholas Cronk and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring Voltaire's most important writings, the impact his work had on our understanding of the European Enlightenment, and his status as a literary celebrity at the time, Nicholas Cronk considers his continued relevance in literature, politics, and philosophy.
