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Autor: Voltaire
Editorial: PENGUIN BOOKS Ltd.
Lenguaje: Inglés
ISBN13: 9780140442571
Reseña: Voltaires Philosophical Dictionary first published in 1764 is a series of short radical essays - alphabetically arranged - that form a brilliant and bitter analysis of the social and religious conventions that then dominated eighteenth-century French thought. One of the masterpieces of the Enlightenment this enormously influential work of sardonic wit - more a collection of essays arranged alphabetically than a conventional dictionary - considers such diverse subjects as Abraham and Atheism Faith and Freedom of Thought Miracles and Moses. Repeatedly condemned by civil and religious authorities Voltaires work argues passionately for the cause of reason and justice and criticizes Christian theology and contemporary attitudes towards war and society - and claims as he regards the world around him: common sense is not so common.
