Voltaire: Philosophical Letters
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Voltaire: Philosophical Letters

Or, Letters Regarding the English Nation

  1. 186 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Voltaire: Philosophical Letters

Or, Letters Regarding the English Nation

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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.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Translator's Note
  6. Chronology
  7. First Letter: On the Quakers
  8. Second Letter: On the Quakers
  9. Third Letter: On the Quakers
  10. Fourth Letter: On the Quakers
  11. Fifth Letter: On the Anlgican Religion
  12. Sixth Letter: On the Presbyterians
  13. Seventh Letter: On the Socinians, or Arians, or Antitrinitarians
  14. Eighth Letter: On the Parliament
  15. Ninth Letter: On the Government
  16. Tenth Letter: On Commerce
  17. Eleventh Letter: On Smallpox Inoculation
  18. Twelfth Letter: On Chancellor Bacon
  19. Thirteenth Letter: On Mr. Locke
  20. Fourteenth Letter: On Descartes and Newton
  21. Fifteenth Letter: On the System of Attraction
  22. Sixteenth Letter: On Mr. Newton's Optics
  23. Seventeenth Letter: On Infinity and on Chronology
  24. Eighteenth Letter: On Tragedy
  25. Nineteenth Letter: On Comedy
  26. Twentieth Letter: On Noblemen Who Cultivate Literature
  27. Twenty-First Letter: On the Earl of Rochester and Mr. Waller
  28. Twenty-Second Letter: On Mr. Pope, annd Some Other Famous Poets
  29. Twenty-Third Letter: On the Esteem Due to Men of Letters
  30. Twenty-Fourth Letter: On the Academies
  31. Twenty-Fifth Letter: On Mr. Pascal's Pensees
  32. Proposal for a Letter about the English
  33. Notes
  34. Selected Bibliography