Category: Biographies
INTRODUCTION PREFACE EARLY LIFE HEGIRA TO ENGLAND EXAMPLES FROM ENGLAND AT CIREY "CANDIDE" THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA LAST DAYS HIS CHARACTER AND SERVICES TRIBUTES TO VOLTAIRE SELECTIONS FROM VOLTAIRE'S WORKS History Wars Politics The Population Question Nature's Way Prayer Doubt and S...
INTRODUCTION PREFACE EARLY LIFE HEGIRA TO ENGLAND EXAMPLES FROM ENGLAND AT CIREY "CANDIDE" THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA LAST DAYS HIS CHARACTER AND SERVICES TRIBUTES TO VOLTAIRE SELECTIONS...
2. Part 2Several incidents combined to direct Voltaire's attention to clericalism as the enemy of progress and humanity. Soon after his return to France, the famous actress, Adrienne Lec...
3. Part 3Voltaire at first seems to have been captivated by the doctrine of Pope's _Essay on Man._ He, however, afterwards wrote: "Those who exclaim that all is well are charlatans. Shaf...
4. Part 4It was while the Calas case was pending that Voltaire composed his noble _Treatise on Toleration_, a work which, besides its great effect in Europe, caused Catherine II. to prom...
5. Part 5It may remain an inspiration to others, as it assuredly is a proof of the temperance and moderation of his own life, that much of Voltaire's best work was done after he had reac...
6. Part 6In person Voltaire was always slim, with the long head which, Carlyle says, "is the best sign of intelligence." His thinness is commemorated by the poor but well-known epigram a...
7. Part 7One of the strangest of tributes to Voltaire is that from Ruskin, the disciple of Carlyle. In his _Fors Clavigera_ (vol. viii., p. 76) he says: "There are few stronger adversari...
8. Part 8"What signifies it," says the dervish, "whether there is evil or good? When His Highness sends a ship to Egypt does he trouble whether the rats aboard are comfortable or not?"