Voltaire In His Letters: Being A Selection From His Correspondence (1919)

Voltaire

Kessinger Publishing, 2009 - 320페이지

Voltaire In His Letters: Being A Selection From His Correspondence (1919) is a collection of letters written by the famous French philosopher and writer, Voltaire. The book features a carefully curated selection of letters that showcase Voltaire's wit, intelligence, and personality. The letters cover a wide range of topics, including politics, religion, literature, and personal relationships. They offer a unique insight into Voltaire's life and times, and provide a fascinating glimpse into the intellectual and cultural milieu of 18th-century Europe. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in Voltaire, the Enlightenment, or the history of ideas.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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François-Marie Arouet known as Voltaire, was born in Paris in 1694. He was educated by the Jesuits at the Collège Louis-le-Grand (1704-1711), where he learned Latin and Greek; later in life he became fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English. By the time he left school, Voltaire had decided he wanted to be a writer. His father then obtained a job for him as a secretary to the French ambassador in the Netherlands. Most of Voltaire's early life revolved around Paris. From early on, Voltaire had trouble with the authorities for critiques of the government and religious intolerance. These activities were to result in two imprisonments and a temporary exile to England. The name "Voltaire", which the author adopted in 1718, is an anagram of "AROVET LI," the Latinized spelling of his surname, Arouet, and the initial letters of "le jeune" ("the young"). The name also echoes in reverse order the syllables of the name of a family château in the Poitou region: "Airvault". The adoption of the name "Voltaire" following his incarceration at the Bastille is seen by many to mark Voltaire's formal separation from his family and his past. Voltaire continued to write plays, such as Mérope (or La Mérope française) and began his long research into science and history. From 1762, he began to champion unjustly persecuted people, the case of Jean Calas being the most celebrated. This Huguenot merchant had been tortured to death in 1763, supposedly because he had murdered his son for wanting to convert to Catholicism. His possessions were confiscated and his remaining children were taken from his widow and were forced to become members of a monastery. Voltaire, seeing this as a clear case of religious persecution, managed to overturn the conviction in 1765. n February 1778, Voltaire returned for the first time in 20 years to Paris. He soon became ill again and died on 30 May 1778.

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• 제목: Voltaire In His Letters: Being A Selection From His Correspondence (1919)
• 저자: Voltaire
• 번역자: Stephen G. Tallentyre
• 에디션: 재판
• 발행인: Kessinger Publishing, 2009
• ISBN: 1104787318, 9781104787318
• 길이: 320페이지