The line “I Disapprove of What You Say…” gets tossed around so casually that many people assume it came straight from Voltaire’s quill. Dig into the record, though, and the story flips. The quote wasn ...
Voltaire's famous prayer for his enemies to be made ridiculous offers a timeless lesson on confidence and patience. He ...
If you’re looking for an intriguing thought or quote about tolerance, acknowledging how little we humans know, or simply staying positive, look no further than Voltaire, or François-Marie Arouet. He ...
Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ talks to us eloquently in this era of the pandemic and wild conspiracy theories
“Italy had its renaissance, Germany its reformation, France had Voltaire”, the historian Will Durant once commented. Born François-Marie Arouet, Voltaire (1694-1778) was known in his lifetime as the ...
Atelier de Nicolas de Largilliere, portrait of Voltaire at 24. Wikimedia Commons “Italy had its renaissance, Germany its reformation, France had Voltaire”, the historian Will Durant once commented.
Voltaire is considered one of the greatest poets of the Enlightenment. But very little was known of his inspirations. Renee Montagne talks to author David Bodanis about his new book Passionate Minds, ...
IN his genial progress from battlefield to battlefield of old Shakespearean Wars, Professor Thomas R. Lounsbury comes in his second volume 1 to the scene of that dread conflict once so bitterly waged ...
Like most bookshops around Paris, Emile, which caters to young readers, sold all its copies of Voltaire's Treatise on Tolerance on Jan. 8, the day after two gunmen stormed into satirical magazine ...
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