Author: Otis Fellows
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600035040
Category : French literature
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
From Voltaire to La Nouvelle Critique
Author: Otis Fellows
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600035040
Category : French literature
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600035040
Category : French literature
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Problems and Personalities
French Literary Criticism
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004651470
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004651470
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
The Quotable Voltaire
Author: François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) (1694-1778)
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1684482933
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
The author of more than 2,000 books and pamphlets, Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778) was one of the most prolific writers of the eighteenth century, and also one of the wittiest and most insightful. This unique collection of over 800 of Voltaire’s wisest passages and choicest bons mots runs the gamut on topics from adultery to Zoroaster, in both English and French. Drawing from a wide range of his publications, private letters, and remarks recorded by his contemporaries, The Quotable Voltaire includes material never before gathered in a single volume. English translations appear alongside the original French, and each quote is thoroughly indexed and referenced, with page numbers for both the first known publication edition of each entry and the most recent edition of Voltaire’s works. The book also features over 400 quotes about Voltaire, including commentary by eighteenth-century luminaries like Samuel Johnson, Catherine the Great, Casanova, and John Adams, as well as an eclectic assortment of modern-day personages ranging from Winston Churchill and Jorge Luis Borges to Mae West and Mike Tyson. Lavishly illustrated with nearly three dozen images of Voltaire-related art, this collection opens with a scholarly essay that recounts the great man’s life and reflects on his outsized influence on Western culture. Whether you are a Voltaire scholar or a neophyte, The Quotable Voltaire is the perfect introduction to a brilliant mind.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1684482933
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
The author of more than 2,000 books and pamphlets, Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778) was one of the most prolific writers of the eighteenth century, and also one of the wittiest and most insightful. This unique collection of over 800 of Voltaire’s wisest passages and choicest bons mots runs the gamut on topics from adultery to Zoroaster, in both English and French. Drawing from a wide range of his publications, private letters, and remarks recorded by his contemporaries, The Quotable Voltaire includes material never before gathered in a single volume. English translations appear alongside the original French, and each quote is thoroughly indexed and referenced, with page numbers for both the first known publication edition of each entry and the most recent edition of Voltaire’s works. The book also features over 400 quotes about Voltaire, including commentary by eighteenth-century luminaries like Samuel Johnson, Catherine the Great, Casanova, and John Adams, as well as an eclectic assortment of modern-day personages ranging from Winston Churchill and Jorge Luis Borges to Mae West and Mike Tyson. Lavishly illustrated with nearly three dozen images of Voltaire-related art, this collection opens with a scholarly essay that recounts the great man’s life and reflects on his outsized influence on Western culture. Whether you are a Voltaire scholar or a neophyte, The Quotable Voltaire is the perfect introduction to a brilliant mind.
Diderot and the Art of Dialogue
Author: Carol Sherman
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600035484
Category : Dialogue
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600035484
Category : Dialogue
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Evolutionism in Eighteenth-century French Thought
Author: Mary Efrosini Gregory
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9781433103735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This book examines how eight eighteenth-century French theorists - Maillet, Montesquieu, La Mettrie, Buffon, Maupertuis, Diderot, Rousseau, and Voltaire - addressed evolutionism. Each thinker laid down a building block that would eventually open the door to the mutability of species and a departure from the long-held belief that the chain of beings is fixed. This book describes how the philosophes established a triune relationship among contemporary scientific discoveries, random creationism propelled by the motive and conscious properties of matter, and the notion of the chain of being, along with its corollaries, plenitude and continuity. Also addressed is the contemporary debate over whether apes could ever be taught to speak as well as the issue of race and the family of man.
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9781433103735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This book examines how eight eighteenth-century French theorists - Maillet, Montesquieu, La Mettrie, Buffon, Maupertuis, Diderot, Rousseau, and Voltaire - addressed evolutionism. Each thinker laid down a building block that would eventually open the door to the mutability of species and a departure from the long-held belief that the chain of beings is fixed. This book describes how the philosophes established a triune relationship among contemporary scientific discoveries, random creationism propelled by the motive and conscious properties of matter, and the notion of the chain of being, along with its corollaries, plenitude and continuity. Also addressed is the contemporary debate over whether apes could ever be taught to speak as well as the issue of race and the family of man.
Atheism or Theism?
Author: Hakan Gok
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 153264681X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
"Is there a God?" is one of those irrepressible questions that has been debated throughout human history, with scholars from opposites camps making the case for or against the existence of God. It is a never-ending debate. This book first examines the theistic arguments developed by Islamic scholar Said Nursi in the twentieth century. Although his arguments initially seem to be mere presentations of well-established theistic arguments for God--such as teleological and cosmological, and arguments from miracles and morals--it is clear that Nursi takes a fresh approach to these existing philosophical defences. The book then analyses how Nursi tackles certain atheistic arguments--such as the problem of evil and the possibility of existence without a creator--and criticism leveled against the prophets and the Qur'an.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 153264681X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
"Is there a God?" is one of those irrepressible questions that has been debated throughout human history, with scholars from opposites camps making the case for or against the existence of God. It is a never-ending debate. This book first examines the theistic arguments developed by Islamic scholar Said Nursi in the twentieth century. Although his arguments initially seem to be mere presentations of well-established theistic arguments for God--such as teleological and cosmological, and arguments from miracles and morals--it is clear that Nursi takes a fresh approach to these existing philosophical defences. The book then analyses how Nursi tackles certain atheistic arguments--such as the problem of evil and the possibility of existence without a creator--and criticism leveled against the prophets and the Qur'an.
From Montesquieu to Laclos
Author: Ronald Grimsley
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600035347
Category : Enlightenment
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600035347
Category : Enlightenment
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Racine's Iphigénie
Author: Russell Pfohl
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600035316
Category : Assertiveness (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600035316
Category : Assertiveness (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Violent Mystique
Author: Joyce O. Lowrie
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600035354
Category : Atonement in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600035354
Category : Atonement in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description