A Treatise on Toleration and Other Essays - Paperback
by Voltaire
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Availability:In StockContributor:Voltaire, Joseph McCabe (Translator)Series:Great MindsPublish date:1994-05-01Pages:223
Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9780879758813ISBN-10:879758813UPC:9780879758813Book Category:Philosophy, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Essays, Ancient, Classical & MedievalBook Topic:ModernSize:8.42 x 5.34 x 0.49 inchesWeight:0.5908Product ID:SCTRZQNJ98
A Treatise on Toleration and Other Essays
Voltaire (1694-1778), novelist, dramatist, poet, philosopher, historian, and satirist, was one of the most renowned figures of the Age of Enlightenment. In this collection of anti-clerical works from the last twenty-five years of Voltaire's life, he roundly attacks the philosophical optimism of the deists, the so-called inspiration of the Bible, the papacy, and vulgar superstition. These great...
Series: Great Minds
Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9780879758813ISBN-10:879758813UPC:9780879758813Book Category:Philosophy, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Essays, Ancient, Classical & MedievalBook Topic:ModernSize:8.42 x 5.34 x 0.49 inchesWeight:0.5908Product ID:SCTRZQNJ98
VOLTAIRE was born Francois Marie Arouet into a prosperous middle-class family in Paris on November 21, 1694. At the age of ten he was sent to the Jesuit Coll?ge Louis-le-Grand, where he received a thoroughly classical education. After leaving the Coll?ge in 1711, Voltaire began to study law at the prompting of his father, but soon gave this up to devote himself exclusively to writing. In 1715,...
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