Voltaire and the Triumph of the Enlightenment

Course Lecture Titles

1. The PatriarchAn Overview

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2. The Education of a Philosophe

3. Philosophical Letters, Part I

4. Philosophical Letters, Part II

5. The Years of Cirey

6. From Optimism to Humanism

7. Voltaire and the Philosophical Tale

8. Voltaire at Ferney

9. Voltaire and God

10. Voltaire and History

11. Voltaire and Tradition

12. Apotheosis

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historyphilosophybiography
Audience
adult

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