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Author : Norman Lewis Torrey
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Voltaire and the English Deists written by Norman Lewis Torrey and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Norman L. Torrey
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Voltaire and the English Deists written by Norman L. Torrey and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616143274
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)
Download or read book God & Human Beings written by Voltaire and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-10-29 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this little-known work by Voltaire (1694-1778)-now available in English for the first time- the famous French philosophe and satirist presents a wide-ranging and acerbic survey of religion throughout the world. Written toward the end of his life in 1769, the work was penned in the same decade as some of his more famous works-the Philosophical Dictionary, Questions on Miracles, and Lord Bolingbroke''s Important Examination-all of which questioned the basic tenets of Christianity.Voltaire called himself a deist and thus he professed belief in a supreme deity. But he was always sharply critical of institutional Christianity, especially its superstitions, the hypocrisy of its clergy, and its abuse of political power. Both his deism and his critical attitude toward Christianity are manifest in God and Human Beings, which is, in effect, one of the first works of comparative religion. Comparing Christianity to the more ancient belief systems of the Jews, Hindus, Chinese, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Babylonians, Phoenicians, and Arabs, he notes a common tendency to worship one supreme god, despite the host of subordinate deities in many of these religions. He also critiques the many superstitions and slavish rituals in religion generally, but he emphasizes that in this respect Christianity is no better than other faiths. Thus, the clergy''s claim that Christianity is God''s supreme revelation to humanity has no basis from an objective perspective. This first English translation of a classic critique of religion includes an introduction by writer, scholar, and editor S. T. Joshi, who wrote the article on Voltaire in The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief (edited by Tom Flynn). Anticipating many of the themes of the later Higher Criticism and rationalist critiques of religion, this incisive, witty treatise by the great French skeptic will be a welcome addition to the libraries of anyone with an interest in the philosophy of religion, intellectual history, or the Enlightenment.
Author : Rosemary Zita Lauer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Mind of Voltaire written by Rosemary Zita Lauer and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Julius Mickle
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Voltaire in the Shades written by William Julius Mickle and published by . This book was released on 1770 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Norman Lewis Torrey
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (77 download)
Download or read book The English Critical Deists and Their Influence on Voltaire written by Norman Lewis Torrey and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1633880389
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)
Download or read book Voltaire's Revolution written by Voltaire and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voltaire, the pen name of Franpois-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 oThe Sermon of Rabbi Akibo (a searing attack on anti-Semitism),aaoPrayer to Godo (from the famousaTreatise on Tolerance), the hugely popular oCatechism of the Honest Man,o "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.
Author : Voltaire
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Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)
Download or read book The Important Examination of the Holy Scriptures written by Voltaire and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ira O. Wade
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400877822
Total Pages : 830 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Intellectual Development of Voltaire written by Ira O. Wade and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive study of Voltaire's intellectual development, he provides the first full treatment of the effect of the English experience on Voltaire, the diversity of activity at Cirey, and the relation of Voltaire’s thought to 17th- and 18th-century philosophy. By devoting considerable attention to the movements, the personal relationships, and the environments that influenced Voltaire, Professor Wade is able to illuminate the sources of Voltaire’s thought and show at the same time how he wove them into a unique synthesis. A final chapter in the book contains a general summation of the importance of Voltaireanism as a philosophy of life. Originally published in 1969. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : John Morley
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Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Voltaire written by John Morley and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Voltaire
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Works of Voltaire: Short studies in English and American subjects written by Voltaire and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521649698
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (496 download)
Download or read book Voltaire: Treatise on Tolerance written by Voltaire and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voltaire is widely known as the author of a literary masterpiece, Candide, while his reputation as a thinker rests largely on his Philosophical Letters and Philosophical Dictionary. He is equally renowned as a critic of the forces of superstition and fanaticism, and a champion of freedom of thought and belief. The works presented here, in a new English translation, are among the most important and characteristic texts of the Enlightenment, and bring together all three aspects of Voltaire: the writer, the doer and the philosophe. Originating in Voltaire's campaign to exonerate Jean Calas, they are works of polemical brilliance, informed by his deism and humanism and by Enlightenment values and ideals more generally. The issues which they raise, concerning questions of tolerance and human dignity, are still highly relevant to our own times. This volume presents them together with an introduction by Simon Harvey and useful notes on further reading.
Author : William F. Bottiglia
Publisher : Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Voltaire; a Collection of Critical Essays written by William F. Bottiglia and published by Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall. This book was released on 1968 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voltaire's diverse literary career--playwright, letter-writer extraordinaire, novelist, historian, pamphleteer--is critically examined by internationally-known scholars.
Author : Eugene F. Murphy
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (769 download)
Download or read book The Influence of Locke and Later English Deists on the Philosophical Thought of Voltaire written by Eugene F. Murphy and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Voltaire Voltaire
Publisher : Xist Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1681959526
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (819 download)
Download or read book Candide written by Voltaire Voltaire and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Candide by Voltaire from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “Do you believe,' said Candide, 'that men have always massacred each other as they do to-day, that they have always been liars, cheats, traitors, ingrates, brigands, idiots, thieves, scoundrels, gluttons, drunkards, misers, envious, ambitious, bloody-minded, calumniators, debauchees, fanatics, hypocrites, and fools?' Do you believe,' said Martin, 'that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them?” ― Voltaire, Candide Candide is a young man who is raised in wealth to be an optimist but when he is forced to make his own way in the world, his assumptions and outlook are challenged.
Author : Voltaire
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Works of Voltaire written by Voltaire and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rosemary Z (Rosemary Zita) 1 Lauer
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781014891754
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (917 download)
Download or read book The Mind of Voltaire; a Study in His Constructive Deism. written by Rosemary Z (Rosemary Zita) 1 Lauer and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 184 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 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. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
