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A new translation of Voltaire's Treatise on Toleration, one of the most important essays on religious tolerance and freedom of thought

El Tratado sobre la tolerancia es una obra que Fran ois-Marie Arouet, m s conocido como Voltaire, escribi y public en 1763 en el Castillo de Ferney-Voltaire, tras la muerte del hugonote Jean Calas, injustamente acusado y ejecutado el 10 de marzo de 1762 por el asesinato de... Read Full Overview

Voltaire's passionate defence of toleration. As relevant today as when it was first published in the 18th century.

En 1685, Luis XIV revoca el edicto de Nantes, que permit a la libertad de cultos en Francia. En este clima de intolerancia religiosa, Voltaire escribe el Tratado sobre la tolerancia con ocasi n de la muerte de Jean Calas y anima al resto de los fil sofos a hacer la guerra... Read Full Overview

La intolerancia religiosa en Europa durante el siglo XVIII cobr muchas v ctimas, entre ellas Jean Calas, un modesto comerciante franc s que profesaba la religi n protestante quien fue err neamente acusado y juzgado por asesinar a su hijo en 1762. La sentencia fue morir en la... Read Full Overview

FRAN?OIS-MARIE AROUET, dit Voltaire, (1694-1778), est l?un des repr?sentants les plus ?minents de la philosophie des Lumi?res et un collaborateur de l?Encyclop?die, ce vaste monument contre le dogmatisme et l?obscurantisme, dont l?influence s?est vite propag?e dans le monde entier... Read Full Overview

Le Trait sur la tol rance est une oeuvre de Voltaire publi e en 1763. Ce texte vise la r habilitation de Jean Calas, protestant faussement accus et ex cut pour avoir assassin son fils afin d' viter que ce dernier ne se convertisse au catholicisme. Dans ce Trait sur la Tol... Read Full Overview

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization... Read Full Overview

Ce texte vise la rehabilitation de Jean Calas, protestant faussement accuse et execute pour avoir assassine son fils afin d'eviter que ce dernier ne se convertisse au catholicisme. Dans ce Traite sur la Tolerance, Voltaire invite a la tolerance entre les religions et prend pour... Read Full Overview

The works presented in this volume, in a new English translation, are among the most important and characteristic texts of the Enlightenment, and bring together all three aspects of Voltaire: the writer, the doer and the philosophe. Originating in Voltaire's campaign to exonerate... Read Full Overview

Publi? en 1763, ce trait? a ?t? ?crit par Voltaire dans le but d'obtenir la r?habilitation de Jean Calas, accus? et ex?cut? ? tort pour l'assassinat de son fils afin qu'il ne se convertisse pas.Edition de 1879.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

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such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
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C'est en 1718 qu'il prend le pseudonyme de Voltaire (d'abord Arouet et ensuite Voltaire). N