Micromegas (Voltaire)(Paperback)

Micromegas (Voltaire)(Paperback)

Micromegas is a six-hundred-and-fifty-year-old, thirty-nine-kilometre-high giant from the planet Sirius who can speak a thousand languages and has been expelled from his homeland for writing a heretical tract. On Saturn he befriends the local secretary of the Academy of Sciences - a comparative

Miracles and Idolatry (Voltaire)(Paperback / softback)

Candide: Or Optimism (Voltaire)(Paperback)

Theo Cuffe's marvelous translation of Voltaire's satirical masterpieceWith its vibrant new translation and perceptive introduction this new edition of Voltaire's masterpiece belongs in the hands of every reader pondering our assumptions about human behavior and our place in the world. Candide tells

Candide (Voltaire)(Paperback)

Candide, or Optimism (1759) written by Voltaire, the shining star of the French Enlightenment, is a biting, hilarious and frequently outrageous satire that pokes philosophical fun at -- of all things -- the doctrine of optimism. Candide is a nave youth stubbornly adhering to the notion that 'all

Letters on England (Voltaire)(Paperback)

Also known as the Lettres anglaises ou philosophiques, Voltaire's response to his exile in England offered the French public of 1734 a panoramic view of British culture. Perceiving them as a veiled attack against the ancien regime, however, the French government ordered the letters burned and

Voltaire in Love (Mitford Nancy)(Paperback / softback)

The meeting of Voltaire, successful financier, famous poet and troublemaker, and the enchanting amateur physicist and countess Emilie du Chatelet, was a meeting of both hearts and

Candide and Other Stories (Voltaire)(Paperback)

Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's 'philosophical tales,' in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. First published in 1759, it was an instant bestseller and has come to be regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. What Candide does for chivalric

Voltaire and the Form of the Novel (Bonneville Douglas A.)(Paperback / softback)

Voltaire: A Very Short Introduction (Cronk Nicholas)(Paperback)

Voltaire (1694-1778), best remembered as the author of Candide, is one of the central actors -- arguably the defining personality -- of the European Enlightenment. In this Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Cronk explores Voltaire's remarkable career and demonstrates how his thinking is pivotal to

Voltaire: Philosophical Letters - Or, Letters Regarding the English Nation (Voltaire)(Pevná vazba)

Letters Concerning the English Nation (Voltaire)(Paperback)

Inspired by Voltaire's two-year stay in England (1726-8), this is one of the key works of the Enlightenment. His controversial pronouncements on politics, philosophy, religion, and literature have placed the Letters among the great Augustan satires. Voltaire wrote most of the book in English, in

Complete Works of Voltaire 74A - Oeuvres de 1772 (I) (Voltaire)(Pevná vazba)

Part of the complete works of the French philosopher, historian and social reformer, Voltaire. Contains his last philosophical story, 'Le Taureau blanc', and other works designed to shape his image after his death. For students and scholars of the 18th-century

Candide, or the Optimist (Voltaire)(Pevná vazba)

Candide, or the Optimist is Voltaire's hilarious and deeply scathing satire on the Age of Enlightenment. This classic of French literature has been a bestseller for over two hundred years.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with

Candide (Voltaire)(Paperback)

Young Candide is ejected from his idyllic life in a protected castle and finds himself encountering wild adventures and harsh trials that put to the test his teacher's claim that we live in the best of all possible worlds.Honest and simple to a fault, Candide finds that a bit of romance leads only

Treatise on Toleration (Voltaire)(Paperback)

One of the most important essays on religious tolerance and freedom of thought, a French bestseller in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks In 1762 Jean Calas, a merchant from Toulouse, was executed after being falsely accused of killing his son. As it became clear that Calas was in fact

A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary (Voltaire)(Paperback)

Here is the only available English translation of one of the landmarks of European Enlightenment thought, Voltaire's 1764 edition of A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary. Highly entertaining and still highly relevant, the 'dictionary' actually consists of a sequence of short essays, arranged in

From Voltaire to Wagner (Poliakov Lon)(Paperback)

Covering the story of prejudice against Jews from the time of Christ through the rise of Nazi Germany, The History of Anti-Semitism presents in elegant and thoughtful language a balanced, careful assessment of this egregious human failing that is nearly ubiquitous in the history of Europe. From

Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Voltaire)(Paperback)

With its vibrant new translation, perceptive introduction, and witty packaging, this new edition of Voltaire's masterpiece belongs in the hands of every reader pondering our assumptions about human behavior and our place in the world. Candide tells of the hilarious adventures of the na ve Candide,

Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction (Warburton Nigel)(Paperback)

Voltaire's comment--'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it'--is frequently quoted by defenders of free speech. Yet it is rare to find someone prepared to defend all freedom of speech, especially if the views expressed are obnoxious or obviously false. So

Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist (Habibi Imil)(Paperback / softback)

Purposefully imitating Voltaire's classic Candide, another dark comedy which derives its humour from life's tragedies, Habiby's The Secret of Saeed the Pessoptimist is a classic of Arab literature. The story of Saeed, a Palestinian who becomes a citizen of Israel, is a story of fact and fantasy,

Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West (Saul John Ralston)(Paperback)

With a new Introduction by the author, this 'erudite and brilliantly readable book' (The Observer, London) expertly dissects the political, economic, and social origins of Western civilization to reveal a culture cripplingly enslaved to crude notions of rationality and expertise. With a new

The Holy Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction (Whaley Joachim)(Paperback)

Voltaire's description of the Holy Roman Empire as 'neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire' is often cited to underline its worthlessness. German historians traditionally despised it because it had allegedly impeded German unification. Since 1945 scholars have been more positive but the empire's

Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings (Du Chtelet Emilie)(Paperback)

Though most historians remember her as the mistress of Voltaire, Emilie Du Ch telet (1706-49) was an accomplished writer in her own right, who published multiple editions of her scientific writings during her lifetime, as well as a translation of Newton's Principia Mathematica that is still the

Veličenstvo, chvátám - Hans Joachim Schädlich

Zklamán nezájmem francouzského dvora a otřesen smrtí milované Émilie du Châtelet podlehne Voltaire několikaletému naléhání pruského panovníka Friedricha a přijme jeho nabídku dělat mu společníka. Emílie, na svou dobu velmi vzdělaná žena s obrovským rozhledem, ho ještě za