(P/B) PHILOSOPHICAL LETTERS

Παρουσίαση

In his Philosophical Letters, Voltaire provides a pungent and often satirical assessment of the religion, politics, science, and arts of the England he observed during his nearly three-year exile. In addition to the Letters, this edition provides a translation of Voltaire's "Proposal for a Letter about the English," a general Introduction, chronology, notes, and bibliography. (From the publisher)

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Introduction
Translator's Note
Chronology
First Letter, On the Quakers
Second Letter, On the Quakers
Third Letter, On the Quakers
Fourth Letter, On the Quakers
Fifth Letter, On the Anglican Religion
Sixth Letter, On the Presbyterians
Seventh Letter, On the Socinians, or Arians, or Antitrinitarians
Eighth Letter, On the Parliament
Ninth Letter, On the Government
Tenth Letter, On Commerce
Eleventh Letter, On Smallpox Inoculation
Twelfth Letter, On Chancellor Bacon
Thirteenth Letter, On Mr. Locke
Fourteenth Letter, On Descartes and Newton
Fifteenth Letter, On the System of Attraction
Sixteenth Letter, On Mr. Newton's Optics
Seventeenth Letter, On Infinity and on Chronology
Eighteenth Letter, On Tragedy
Nineteenth Letter, On Comedy
Twentieth Letter, On Noblemen Who Cultivate Literature
Twenty-first Letter, On the Earl of Rochester and Mr. Waller
Twenty-second Letter, On Mr. Pope, and Some Other Famous Poets
Twenty-third Letter, On the Esteem Due to Men of Letters
Twenty-fourth Letter, On the Academies
Twenty-fifth Letter, On Mr. Pascal's Pensees
Proposal for a Letter about the English
Notes
Bibliography