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Title:
Voltaire and the triumph of the Enlightenment
Author:
Kors, Alan Charles.
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Publication Information:
Springfield, VA : Teaching Co., [2001]
Physical Description:
6 audio discs (approximately 360 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (22 cm).
Summary:
Alan Kors, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, delivers lectures on the life and times of the French philosopher Voltaire.
Language:
English
Contents:
lecture 1. The patriarch, an overview -- lecture 2. The education of a philosophe -- lecture 3. Philosophical letters, part I -- lecture 4. Philosophical letters, part II -- lecture 5. The years at Cirey -- lecture 6. From optimism to humanism -- lecture 7. Voltaire and the "philosophical tale" -- lecture 8. Voltaire at Ferney -- lecture 9. Voltaire and God -- lecture 10. Voltaire and history -- lecture 11. Voltaire and toleration -- lecture 12. Apotheosis.
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ISBN:
9781565857155

9781598031492
Format :
Audiobook on CD