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In his Philosophical Letters , Voltaire provides a pungent and often satirical assessment of the religion, politics, science, and arts of the England he observed during his nearly three-year exile. In addition to the Letters , this edition provides a...
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In his Philosophical Letters , Voltaire provides a pungent and often satirical assessment of the religion, politics, science, and arts of the England he observed during his nearly three-year exile. In addition to the Letters , this edition provides a translation of Voltaire's "Proposal for a Letter about the English," a general Introduction, chronology, notes, and bibliography
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Translator's Note; Chronology; First Letter: On the Quakers; Second Letter: On the Quakers; Third Letter: On the Quakers; Fourth Letter: On the Quakers; Fifth Letter: On the Anlgican Religion; Sixth Letter: On the Presbyterians; Seventh Letter: On the Socinians, or Arians, or Antitrinitarians; Eighth Letter: On the Parliament; Ninth Letter: On the Government; Tenth Letter: On Commerce; Eleventh Letter: On Smallpox Inoculation; Twelfth Letter: On Chancellor Bacon; Thirteenth Letter: On Mr. Locke; Fourteenth Letter: On Descartes and Newton
Fifteenth Letter: On the System of AttractionSixteenth Letter: On Mr. Newton's Optics; Seventeenth Letter: On Infinity and on Chronology; Eighteenth Letter: On Tragedy; Nineteenth Letter: On Comedy; Twentieth Letter: On Noblemen Who Cultivate Literature; Twenty-First Letter: On the Earl of Rochester and Mr. Waller; Twenty-Second Letter: On Mr. Pope, annd Some Other Famous Poets; Twenty-Third Letter: On the Esteem Due to Men of Letters; Twenty-Fourth Letter: On the Academies; Twenty-Fifth Letter: On Mr. Pascal's Pensees; Proposal for a Letter about the English; Notes; Selected Bibliography;
