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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Publication date
July 14, 2015
Pages
397
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781633880382
ISBN-10
1633880389
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1.05 lbs.
Original list price
$21.00
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religious
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Voltaire, the pen name of François-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 âThe Sermon of Rabbi Akibâ (a searing attack on anti-Semitism),  âPrayer to Godâ (from the famous Treatise on Tolerance), the hugely popular âCatechism of the Honest Man,â "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.
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 âThe Sermon of Rabbi Akibâ (a searing attack on anti-Semitism),  âPrayer to Godâ (from the famous Treatise on Tolerance), the hugely popular âCatechism of the Honest Man,â "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.
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from Prometheus Books (July 14, 2015)
9781633880382 | details & prices | 397 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $21.00
About: Voltaire, the pen name of François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), was one of the most influential leaders of the French Enlightenment.
About: Voltaire, the pen name of François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), was one of the most influential leaders of the French Enlightenment.
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