Project Gutenberg 2012-09-23 Public domain in the USA. 86 Morley, John 1838 1923 Morley, Viscount Voltaire Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Voltaire" by John Morley is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the life, ideas, and influence of the pivotal Enlightenment thinker, Voltaire, exploring how his contributions reshaped modern thought in France and beyond. Morley highlights Voltaire's role as a champion of reason and critic of religious dogma, painting him as a complex figure central to the intellectual upheaval of his time. The opening of the text sets the stage for an exploration of Voltaire's significance, portraying him as a transformative and formidable intellectual force. It underscores the profound impact of his ideas on freedom of thought and critical inquiry, positioning him alongside other major historical movements such as the Renaissance. Moreover, it discusses Voltaire's capacity to evoke strong reactions from both supporters and critics, situating his legacy as a necessary, albeit controversial, catalyst for change in European society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Voltaire, 1694-1778 PQ Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature 721189 721172 2024-09-17T08:24:36.972061 2023-09-18T03:42:27.204311 text/html text/html 732798 2012-09-23T10:28:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 252175 2012-09-24T09:45:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 305640 2024-09-17T08:24:47.916048 application/epub+zip 315045 2024-09-17T08:24:39.166069 application/epub+zip 315045 2024-09-17T08:24:37.910069 application/epub+zip 532017 2024-09-17T08:24:53.946979 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 507929 2024-09-17T08:24:46.913999 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 508035 2022-09-18T16:50:00.656873 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 602281 2024-09-17T08:24:35.607093 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 604535 2012-09-23T10:28:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 231026 2012-09-23T10:28:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 601694 2012-09-23T10:28:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 229964 2012-09-23T10:28:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 601732 2012-09-23T10:28:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 229535 2012-09-23T10:28:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21242 2024-09-17T08:24:54.098963 application/rdf+xml 8977 2024-09-17T08:24:38.316069 image/jpeg 2377 2024-09-17T08:24:38.115095 image/jpeg 289881 2024-09-17T08:24:37.028061 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia