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Letters on England /
<I>Letters on England</i> gathers together Voltaire's essays about his time in England between 1726 and 1728. Comparable to Alexis De Tocqueville's <i>Democracy in America</i>, Voltaire looks at English culture as an outsider, giving its culture, society and governi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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[Auckland, N.Z.] :
Floating Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title; Contents; Introduction; Letter I On the Quakers; Letter II On the Quakers; Letter III On the Quakers; Letter IV On the Quakers; Letter V On the Church of England; Letter VI On the Presbyterians; Letter VII On the Socinians, or Arians, or Antitrinitarians; Letter VIII On the Parliament; Letter IX On the Government; Letter X On Trade; Letter XI On Inoculation; Letter XII On the Lord Bacon; Letter XIII On Mr. Locke; Letter XIV On Descartes and Sir Isaac Newton; Letter XV On Attraction; Letter XVI On Sir Isaac Newton's Optics.
- Letter XVII On Infinites in Geometry, and Sir Isaac Newton's ChronologyLetter XVIII On Tragedy; Letter XIX On Comedy; Letter XX On Such of the Nobility as Cultivate the Belles Lettres; Letter XXI On the Earl of Rochester and Mr. Waller; Letter XXII On Mr. Pope and Some Other Famous Poets; Letter XXIII On the Regard that Ought to Be Shown to Men of Letters; Letter XXIV On the Royal Society and Other Academies.