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The philosophy of history.

Have you ever wondered how different worldviews have shaped history' How dominant religious or political groups have changed the way past events have been interpreted, written, and recorded' Voltaire, the greatest philosophical mind to come out of the Enlightenment, has tackled these very...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Autor principal:	Voltaire
Otros Autores:	Kiernan, Thomas
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	New York : Philosophical Library, 2015.
Temas:	History. History Histoire. history (discipline) HISTORY > Europe > France.
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo

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Title Page; Dedication; EDITOR'S PREFACE; Table of Contents; I
INTRODUCTION; II
OF THE DIFFERENT RACES OF MEN; III
OF THE ANTIQUITY OF NATIONS; IV
OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SOUL; V
OF THE RELIGION OF THE FIRST MEN; VI
OF THE CUSTOMS AND OPINIONS OF ALL THE ANCIENT NATIONS; VII
OF SAVAGES; VIII
OF AMERICA; IX
OF THE THEOCRACY; X
OF THE CHALDEANS; XI
OF THE BABYLONIANS BECOME PERSIANS; XII
OF SYRIA; XIII
OF THE PHOENICIANS AND SANCHONIATON; XIV
OF THE SCYTHIANS AND GOMERANS; XV
OF ARABIA; XVI
OF BRAM, ABRAM, OR ABRAHAM; XVII
OF INDIA; XVIII
OF CHINA.
XIX
OF EGYPTXX
OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE EGYPTIANS, AND THEIR SYMBOLS; XXI
OF THE MONUMENTS OF THE EGYPTIANS; XXII
OF THE EGYPTIAN RITES, AND CIRCUMCISION; XXIII
OF THE MYSTERIES OF THE EGYPTIANS; XXIV
OF THE GREEKS; OF THEIR ANCIENT DELUGES; OF THEIR ALPHABET, AND THEIR GENIUS; XXV
OF THE GREEK LEGISLATORS, OF MINOS AND ORPHEUS, AND OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL; XXVI
OF THE SECTS AMONGST THE GREEKS; XXVII
OF ZALEUCUS, AND SOME OTHER LEGISLATORS; XXVIII
OF BACCHUS; XXIX
OF THE METAMORPHOSES AMONGST THE GREEKS, COLLECTED BY OVID; XXX
OF IDOLATRY; XXXI
OF ORACLES.
XXXII
OF THE SIBYLS AMONGST THE GREEKS, AND OF THEIR INFLUENCE UPON OTHER NATIONSXXXIII
OF MIRACLES; XXXIV
OF THE TEMPLES; XXXV
OF MAGIC; XXXVI
OF HUMAN VICTIMS; XXXVII
OF THE MYSTERIES OF ELEUSINIA CERES; XXXVIII
OF THE JEWS, AT THE TIME THEY BEGAN TO BE KNOWN; XXXIX
OF THE JEWS IN EGYPT; XL
OF MOSES, CONSIDERED ONLY AS THE CHIEF OF A NATION; XLI
OF THE JEWS AFTER MOSES, TILL THE TIME OF SAUL; XLII
OF THE JEWS AFTER SAUL; XLIII
OF THE JEWISH PROPHETS; XLIV
OF THE PRAYERS OF THE JEWS; XLV
OF JOSEPHUS, THE JEWISH HISTORIAN.
XLVI
OF A FALSEHOOD OF FLAVIAN JOSEPHUS, RELATING TO ALEXANDER AND THE JEWSXLVII
OF POPULAR PREJUDICE TO WHICH THE SACRED WRITERS HAVE DEIGNED TO CONFORM THROUGH CONDESCENSION; XLVIII
OF ANGELS, GENII, AND DEVILS OF THE ANCIENT NATIONS, AND AMONGST THE JEWS; XLIX
WHETHER THE JEWS TAUGHT OTHER NATIONS, OR WHETHER THEY WERE TAUGHT BY THEM; L
OF THE ROMANS; THE BEGINNING OF THEIR EMPIRE AND THEIR RELIGION; THEIR TOLERATION; LI
QUESTIONS UPON THE CONQUESTS OF THE ROMANS, AND THEIR DECAY; LII
OF THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE HISTORY, AND OF THE FABLES OF THE FIRST HISTORIANS.
LIII
OF THE LEGISLATORS WHO HAVE SPOKEN IN THE NAME OF THE GODSNotes; Copyright Page.

The philosophy of history.

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