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Micromgas: A Philosophical Story [in, Micromegas and Other Short Fictions: Translated by Theo Cuffe with an Introduction and Notes by Haydn Mason] (Penguin Classics).
Author: Voltaire
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Penguin Classics Complete Annotated Catalog
Author: Penguin Books
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
ISBN: 9780147717917
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
ISBN: 9780147717917
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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The Cambridge Introduction to French Literature
Author: Brian Nelson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521887089
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
An engaging, highly accessible and informative introduction to French literature from the Middle Ages to the present.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521887089
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
An engaging, highly accessible and informative introduction to French literature from the Middle Ages to the present.
Penguin Classics
Author: Penguin (Firm)
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ISBN: 9780147501141
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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ISBN: 9780147501141
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Micromegas
Author: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781976264696
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Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Fran�ois-Marie Arouet, better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, and philosopher known for his wit and his defense of civil liberties, including both freedom of religion and free trade. Voltaire was a prolific writer and produced works in almost every literary form including plays, poetry, novels, essays, historical and scientific works, more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform, despite strict censorship laws and harsh penalties for those who broke them. A satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize Catholic Church dogma and the French institutions of his day. Voltaire was one of several Enlightenment figures (along with Montesquieu, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau) whose works and ideas influenced important thinkers of both the American and French Revolutions. (source: Wikipedia)Micromegas is an inhabitant of the star Sirius, 120,000 feet tall and accompanied by a dwarf from Saturn who is 6000 feet tall. During a grand tour of the universe they visit Earth in 1737 and, using makeshift microscopes, they detect a boating party of tiny human philosophers.
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ISBN: 9781976264696
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Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Fran�ois-Marie Arouet, better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, and philosopher known for his wit and his defense of civil liberties, including both freedom of religion and free trade. Voltaire was a prolific writer and produced works in almost every literary form including plays, poetry, novels, essays, historical and scientific works, more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform, despite strict censorship laws and harsh penalties for those who broke them. A satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize Catholic Church dogma and the French institutions of his day. Voltaire was one of several Enlightenment figures (along with Montesquieu, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau) whose works and ideas influenced important thinkers of both the American and French Revolutions. (source: Wikipedia)Micromegas is an inhabitant of the star Sirius, 120,000 feet tall and accompanied by a dwarf from Saturn who is 6000 feet tall. During a grand tour of the universe they visit Earth in 1737 and, using makeshift microscopes, they detect a boating party of tiny human philosophers.
The Metamorphosis, Or Golden Ass, and Philosophical Works, of Apuleius
Author: Apuleius Apuleius
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259516637
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Excerpt from The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, and Philosophical Works, of Apuleius: Translated From the Original Latin The publication and elucidation of all the works that remain of the above-mentioned incomparable Greeks, will form a new and most important era in philosophy; and will contribute, more than any thing else, to prevent the circulation of the stupid and false accounts of the heathen theology and mythology, and of many other fungous and frivolous productions, under which the European press in general, and particularly that of England, at present groans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259516637
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Excerpt from The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, and Philosophical Works, of Apuleius: Translated From the Original Latin The publication and elucidation of all the works that remain of the above-mentioned incomparable Greeks, will form a new and most important era in philosophy; and will contribute, more than any thing else, to prevent the circulation of the stupid and false accounts of the heathen theology and mythology, and of many other fungous and frivolous productions, under which the European press in general, and particularly that of England, at present groans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Letters Concerning the English Nation
Author: Voltaire
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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THE WRITINGS OF VOLTAIRE
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Languages : en
Pages : 1224
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Pages : 1224
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The Shaping of French National Identity
Author: Matthew D'Auria
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107128099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Casts new light on of the 'official' French nineteenth-century narrative by examining how historians and philosophers conceived of the country's past.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107128099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Casts new light on of the 'official' French nineteenth-century narrative by examining how historians and philosophers conceived of the country's past.
Understanding Utilitarianism
Author: Tim Mulgan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317493397
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Utilitarianism - a philosophy based on the principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people - has been hugely influential over the past two centuries. Beyond ethics or morality, utilitarian assumptions and arguments abound in modern economic and political life, especially in public policy. An understanding of utilitarianism is indeed essential to any understanding of contemporary society. "Understanding Utilitarianism" presents utilitarianism very much as a living tradition. The book begins with a summary of the classical utilitarianism of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Subsequent chapters trace the development of the central themes of utilitarian thought over the twentieth century, covering such questions as: What is happiness? Is happiness the only valuable thing? Is utilitarianism about acts or rules or institutions? Is utilitarianism unjust, or implausibly demanding, or impractical? and Where might utilitarianism go in the future?
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317493397
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Utilitarianism - a philosophy based on the principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people - has been hugely influential over the past two centuries. Beyond ethics or morality, utilitarian assumptions and arguments abound in modern economic and political life, especially in public policy. An understanding of utilitarianism is indeed essential to any understanding of contemporary society. "Understanding Utilitarianism" presents utilitarianism very much as a living tradition. The book begins with a summary of the classical utilitarianism of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Subsequent chapters trace the development of the central themes of utilitarian thought over the twentieth century, covering such questions as: What is happiness? Is happiness the only valuable thing? Is utilitarianism about acts or rules or institutions? Is utilitarianism unjust, or implausibly demanding, or impractical? and Where might utilitarianism go in the future?