The age of Voltaire [sound recording] : a history of civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with special emphasis on the conflict between religion and philosophy by Durant, Will, 1885-1981, Durant, Ariel instant download

The age of Voltaire [sound recording] : a history of civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with special emphasis on the conflict between religion and philosophy by Durant, Will, 1885-1981, Durant, Ariel instant download

Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, c1965, France, the regency, 1715-23 -- England, 1714-56: People; Rulers; Religion and philosophy; Literature and the stage; Art and music -- France, 1723-56: People and the state; Morals and manners; Worship of beauty; Play of the mind; Voltaire in France, 1729-50 -- Middle Europe, 1713-56: Germany of Bach; Frederick the great and Maria Theresa; Switzerland and Voltaire -- Advancement of learning, 1715-89: Scholars; Scientific advance; Medicine -- Attack upon Christianity, 1730-74: Atheists, 1730-51; Diderot and the Encyclopedie, 1713-68; Diderot Proteus, 1758-73; Spreading campaign, 1758-74; Voltaire and Christianity, 1734-78; Triumph of the philosophes, 1715-89 -- Epilogue in Elysium, The authors range widely over a crowded century, bringing together key events, personalities, and ideas. The clash between reason and faith is one of the volume's central themes, but this is essentially a biographical view of history that approaches an era through the lives and thought of its outstanding personalities