The Philosophy of Voltaire - Essential Works

This unique collection of Voltaire's most renowned philosophical books has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards.

François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state. He was an outspoken advocate of several liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.

Table of Contents:

A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY

LETTERS ON ENGLAND

TREATISE ON TOLERANCE

CANDIDE

ZADIG (The Book of Faith)

MICROMEGAS

THE HURON (Pupil of Nature)

THE PRINCESS OF BABYLON

MEMNON THE PHILOSOPHER

THE BLACK AND THE WHITE

THE WORLD AS IT GOES

ANDRÉ DES TOUCHES AT SIAM

BABABEC

PLATO'S DREAM

PLEASURE IN HAVING NO PLEASURE

THE GOOD BRAHMIN

THE TWO COMFORTERS

ANCIENT FAITH AND FABLE

THE STUDY OF NATURE

A DIALOGUE BETWEEN MARCUS AURELIUS AND A RECOLLET FRIAR

DIALOGUE BETWEEN A BRAHMIN AND A JESUIT

DIALOGUES BETWEEN LUCRETIUS AND POSIDONIUS

DIALOGUE BETWEEN A CLIENT AND HIS LAWYER

DIALOGUE BETWEEN MADAME DE MAINTENON AND MADEMOISELLE DE L'ENCLOS

DIALOGUE BETWEEN A SAVAGE AND A BACHELOR OF ARTS