Project Gutenberg 2013-02-19 Public domain in the USA. 155 Voltaire 1694 1778 Arouet, François Marie Arouet, Francois Marie Traité sur la tolérance Reading ease score: 61.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Claudine Corbasson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Traité sur la tolérance" by Voltaire is a philosophical treatise written in the 18th century. The work addresses the urgent need for tolerance in society, particularly in light of the sensational case of Jean Calas, a Protestant who was wrongfully executed due to religious persecution. Voltaire argues against the dangers of fanaticism and promotes the humanistic ideals of compassion and understanding among different religious beliefs. The opening of the treatise begins with a compelling historical account of the tragic events surrounding Jean Calas's death, which occurred in Toulouse in 1762. Voltaire describes how Calas, a pious Protestant merchant, became the victim of a brutal miscarriage of justice fueled by religious intolerance and public hysteria. The narrative unfolds the circumstances leading to Calas's accusation of murdering his son, Marc-Antoine, who had attempted suicide. The ensuing chaos leads to Calas's condemnation by an irrational and mob-driven judicial process, highlighting the perils of fanaticism and the desperate need for tolerance in the face of wrongful persecution. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42131/42131-h/images/cover.jpg fr Calas, Jean, 1698-1762 Religious tolerance Toleration -- Philosophy B Text FR Philosophie, Religion et Morale Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 330903 330906 2024-10-17T16:23:04.327571 2023-09-18T10:12:31.045474 text/html text/html 326902 2013-02-19T07:49:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 202609 2013-02-19T07:49:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 239196 2024-10-17T16:23:10.384556 application/epub+zip 243798 2024-10-17T16:23:05.699578 application/epub+zip 169979 2024-10-17T16:23:05.100556 application/epub+zip 364679 2024-10-17T16:23:14.255543 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318347 2024-10-17T16:23:09.780555 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 244949 2022-09-19T09:18:16.823500 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282430 2024-10-17T16:23:03.479546 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 282284 2013-02-19T07:49:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 109209 2013-02-19T07:49:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 276318 2013-02-19T07:49:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 108289 2013-02-19T07:49:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21859 2024-10-17T16:23:14.404521 application/rdf+xml 9275 2024-10-17T16:23:05.211574 image/jpeg 2319 2024-10-17T16:23:05.155585 image/jpeg 229373 2024-10-17T16:23:04.363599 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia