Erasmus and Voltaire : Why They Still Matter /

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Despite comparisons between Erasmus and Voltaire having become common-place in the course of the nineteenth century, this is the first full study to bring them together in their careers, their works, and their historic afterlives. Each was a force for change in his time and thus ranks among the mast...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Quinones, Ricardo J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Temas:
PHILOSOPHY / Religious.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE. CAREER EPISODES
  • 1. Names for Bastards
  • 2. England, Always England
  • PART TWO. WORKS: CHILDREN OF A FORTUNATE HOUR
  • 3. Erasmus's Letter to van Dorp and Voltaire's Letter to Rousseau
  • 4. Works Finding Their Ways
  • 5. The Survivors: Praise of Folly and Candide
  • PART THREE. DUALISMS
  • 6. Never a Peace: 'Thus always Cain or Abel'
  • Epilogue: Recurrence and Recognition
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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