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One of Voltaire's earliest tales, Zadig is set in the exotic East and is told in the comic spirit of Candide, L'Ingenu, written after Candide, is a darker tale in which an American Indian records his impressions of France

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 works reveal Voltaire not only as a polemicist but...

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It seems to me, " said George Eliot, "much better to read a man's own writings, than to read what others say about him, especially when the man is first-rate and the others third-rate." In these words lie perhaps the best reason for a translation of the Letters of Voltaire. S. G. Tallentyre is the author of The Life of Mirabeau, The Life of Voltaire, and The Friends of Voltaire.

Published in 1759, Candide is Voltaire's best-known work, and in it he levels his sharpest criticism against the gentry, their philosophy, the church and the cruelty of this day. Still read and studied today, Candide is one of the defining works of the Enlightenment.The novel 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 ment...

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Includes Part One of Candide, three stories, selections from The Philosophical Dictionary, The Lisbon Earthquake, and other works, and thirty-five letters.

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, ...

Voltaire's Pocket Philosophical Dictionary is a major work of the European Enlightenment. It consists of a series of short essays, arranged alphabetically, whose unifying thread is an attack on religious and political intolerance. Highly entertaining, its concern with intolerance and its consequences is still relevant today.

»Wenn dies die beste aller möglichen Welten ist, wie sind dann bloß die anderen?« Mit viel Witz und Ironie entlarvt der französische Philosoph Voltaire (1694 - 1778) in diesem Klassiker der Aufklärung jedes Paradies auf Erden als Illusion. Ein phantastisches Lehrstück über die Grausamkeiten der Welt und die einfachen Wege zum Glück. In Voltaires scharfsinniger Satire werden Utopien, Heilslehren und jedes Paradies auf Erden als Illusionen entl...

Voltaires Ansichten zu Aufklärung und Geschichte, der Vernunft und den Vorurteilen, zu der Liebe, den Frauen, zu Büchern und Fabeln.