The Philosophical Dictionary
Written by Voltaire
Narrated by Donal Donnelly
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Voltaire
Imprisoned in the Bastille at the age of twenty-three for a criminal libel against the Regent of France, François-Marie Arouet was freed in 1718 with a new name, Voltaire, and the completed manuscript of his first play, Oedipe, which became a huge hit on the Paris stage in the same year. For the rest of his long and dangerously eventful life, this cadaverous genius shone with uninterrupted brilliance as one of the most famous men in the world. Revered, and occasionally reviled, in the royal courts of Europe, his literary outpourings and fearless campaigning against the medieval injustices of church and state in the midst of the ‘Enlightenment’ did much to trigger the French Revolution and to formulate the present notions of democracy. But above all, Voltaire was an observer of the human condition, and his masterpiece Candide stands out as an astonishing testament to his unequalled insight into the way we were and probably always will be.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved it, I am a fan of the author.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a gem of a book. I can't compete with any reviewers, but I can say that I read part of this book to my husbands grandmother (she's over 80), and she asked for a big text copy for herself.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5In this volume, Voltaire is a better observer than he is philosopher; many of the entries are poorly thought out and inconsistent, but written with his characteristic wit and flair. Not his best work, but it does paint an interesting picture of the values of his time.