Voltaire

Voltaire

George William Foote, british secularist and journal editor (1850-1915)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- INTRODUCTION

-03- PREFACE

-04- EARLY LIFE

-05- HEGIRA TO ENGLAND

-06- EXAMPLES FROM ENGLAND

-07- AT CIREY

-08- CANDIDE

-09- THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA

-10- LAST DAYS

-11- HIS CHARACTER AND SERVICES

-12- TRIBUTES TO VOLTAIRE

-13- SELECTIONS FROM VOLTAIRE’S WORKS

-14- HISTORY

-15- WARS

-16- POLITICS

-17- THE POPULATION QUESTION

-18- NATURE’S WAY

-19- PRAYER

-20- DOUBT AND SPECULATION

-21- DR PANGLOSS AND THE DERVISH

-22- MOTIVES FOR CONDUCT

-23- SELF LOVE

-24- GO FROM YOUR VILLAGE

-25- RELIGIOUS PREJUDICES

-26- SACRED HISTORY

-27- DUPE AND ROGUE

-28- DELENDA EST CARTHAGO

-29- HOW FAITHS SPREAD

-30- SUPERSTITION

-31- THE BIBLE

-32- TRANSUBSTANTIATION

-33- DREAMS AND GHOSTS

-34- MORTIFYING THE FLESH

-35- HEAVEN

-36- MAGIC

-37- DETACHED THOUGHTS