Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #285846 in Books
• Published on: 1977-01
• Original language: French
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 576 pages

Synopsis
A representative selection from Voltaire's work which includes excerpts from his plays, philosophical essays, poetry, and novels.

Customer Reviews

Voltaire is God!!
I had heard of Voltaire being one of the greatest critics, satirists and philosophers of the Age of Reason; Now I see why. He tore apart many of the myths religions used to justify promoting *their* religion as the right one while bashing those others. He points out that a religion claiming to be free of superstitions and claiming to be against the same is hypocritical if it still sees Satan as effecting in "bad" behavior and similar un-Christian things. He points out that there is no such thing as going against one's will; If one does, one is simply adhering to the demands of another will, a will to do something different, and hence going against will when given choice is impossible. Read this book; It will inspire, educate and enlighten you!

great source for my comic novel,
Voltaire has something to teach us all on practically every subject I could think of in my literary comedy, "A Visit From Voltaire," (amazon.co.uk) and this book was one of the most basic texts I could find in English. It's helpful to have already read a biography of Voltaire, or even a light-hearted romp through his middle-aged passion for the Marquise du Chatelet in "Voltaire in Love," in order to put all these riches of Voltaire's thoughts and writings into some kind of political context. A delightfully condensed resource with a reliable sense of translation.
Also the introduction by Ben Ray Redman is a great quick summary of Voltaire's life and legacy. For the real addicts, move on to Vol. 9 of the Durants' History of Civilization, The Age of Voltaire, and of course, don't overlook Candide.
But then I love the guy.
Dinah Lee Küng "A Visit From Voltaire", "Under Their Skin"

A great collection of Voltaire's work.
I didn't know any of Voltaire's work before I read this, and I loved it. Out of all the books with Voltaire's work in it, this one has the most. My favorite was Zadig.