VOLTAIRE: A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS
by J. M. Wheeler
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Language: English
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About this eBook
- Author
- Foote, G. W. (George William), 1850-1915
- Title
- Voltaire: A Sketch of His Life and Works
- Credits
- Produced by David Widger
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism
- Subject
- Freethinkers -- Biography
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 39124
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39124
- Release Date
- March 10, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.INTRODUCTION
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.EARLY LIFE
- 6.HEGIRA TO ENGLAND
- 7.EXAMPLES FROM ENGLAND
- 8.AT CIREY
- 9.“CANDIDE”
- 10.THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA
- 11.LAST DAYS
- 12.HIS CHARACTER AND SERVICES
- 13.TRIBUTES TO VOLTAIRE
- 14.SELECTIONS FROM VOLTAIRE’S WORKS
- 15.History
- 16.Wars
- 17.Politics
- 18.The Population Question
- 19.Nature’s Way
- 20.Prayer
- 21.Doubt and Speculation
- 22.Dr. Pangloss and the Dervish
- 23.Motives for Conduct
- 24.Self-Love
- 25.Go From Your Village
- 26.Religious Prejudices
- 27.Sacred History
- 28.Dupe And Rogue
- 29.“Delenda Est Carthago”
- 30.Jesus and Mohammed
- 31.How Faiths Spread
- 32.Superstition
- 33.The Bible
- 34.Transubstantiation
- 35.Dreams and Ghosts
- 36.Mortifying the Flesh
- 37.Heaven
- 38.Magic
- 39.DETACHED THOUGHTS
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