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Philosophy of History

✍ Scribed by Voltaire

Publisher
Philosophical Library
Year
2012;1965
Tongue
English
Weight
181 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN
0806536314

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✦ Synopsis

Have you ever wondered how different worldviews have shaped history? How dominant religious or political groups have changed the way past events have been interpreted, written, and recorded? The greatest philosophical mind to come out of the Enlightenment has tackled these very questions in his essay Philosophy of History. Voltaire attempts to reinterpret the moral, esthetic, and religious views, and the customs and practices that prevailed in ancient civilizations. His prime concern was to disprove and demolish the established notions that governed contemporary affairs, which he found to be patently ridiculous, and write with courage and conviction. In Philosophy of History, he has a philosophical look through history from different races of man to legislators who have spoken in the name of the Gods. This enthralling essay is an essential read for scholars and students of the Enlightenment.

François-Marie d'Arouet, pen name Voltaire, was an eighteenth-century philosopher,...

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