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Letters on England / Voltaire.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: [Auckland, N.Z.] : Floating Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781877527869
  • 1877527866
  • 9781877527869
  • 1877527866
  • 1775565882
  • 9781775565888
Uniform titles:
  • Lettres philosophiques. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 942.07 22
LOC classification:
  • PQ2086.L4 E5 2009eb
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Contents:
Title; Contents; Introduction; Letter I On the Quakers; Letter II On the Quakers; Letter III On the Quakers; Letter IV On the Quakers; Letter V On the Church of England; Letter VI On the Presbyterians; Letter VII On the Socinians, or Arians, or Antitrinitarians; Letter VIII On the Parliament; Letter IX On the Government; Letter X On Trade; Letter XI On Inoculation; Letter XII On the Lord Bacon; Letter XIII On Mr. Locke; Letter XIV On Descartes and Sir Isaac Newton; Letter XV On Attraction; Letter XVI On Sir Isaac Newton's Optics.
Letter XVII On Infinites in Geometry, and Sir Isaac Newton's ChronologyLetter XVIII On Tragedy; Letter XIX On Comedy; Letter XX On Such of the Nobility as Cultivate the Belles Lettres; Letter XXI On the Earl of Rochester and Mr. Waller; Letter XXII On Mr. Pope and Some Other Famous Poets; Letter XXIII On the Regard that Ought to Be Shown to Men of Letters; Letter XXIV On the Royal Society and Other Academies.
Summary: <I>Letters on England</i> gathers together Voltaire's essays about his time in England between 1726 and 1728. Comparable to Alexis De Tocqueville's <i>Democracy in America</i>, Voltaire looks at English culture as an outsider, giving its culture, society and governing institutions a favorable comparison to their French counterparts.
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Title; Contents; Introduction; Letter I On the Quakers; Letter II On the Quakers; Letter III On the Quakers; Letter IV On the Quakers; Letter V On the Church of England; Letter VI On the Presbyterians; Letter VII On the Socinians, or Arians, or Antitrinitarians; Letter VIII On the Parliament; Letter IX On the Government; Letter X On Trade; Letter XI On Inoculation; Letter XII On the Lord Bacon; Letter XIII On Mr. Locke; Letter XIV On Descartes and Sir Isaac Newton; Letter XV On Attraction; Letter XVI On Sir Isaac Newton's Optics.

Letter XVII On Infinites in Geometry, and Sir Isaac Newton's ChronologyLetter XVIII On Tragedy; Letter XIX On Comedy; Letter XX On Such of the Nobility as Cultivate the Belles Lettres; Letter XXI On the Earl of Rochester and Mr. Waller; Letter XXII On Mr. Pope and Some Other Famous Poets; Letter XXIII On the Regard that Ought to Be Shown to Men of Letters; Letter XXIV On the Royal Society and Other Academies.

<I>Letters on England</i> gathers together Voltaire's essays about his time in England between 1726 and 1728. Comparable to Alexis De Tocqueville's <i>Democracy in America</i>, Voltaire looks at English culture as an outsider, giving its culture, society and governing institutions a favorable comparison to their French counterparts.

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