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The Age of Voltaire
- A History of Civlization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with Special Emphasis on the Conflict between Religion and Philosophy
- Narrateur(s): Grover Gardner
- Durée: 42 h et 55 min
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The Age of Voltaire, the ninth volume of The Story of Civilization, is an in-depth examination of France and England in the first half of the 18th century. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter:
- The English ideas that inspired the Enlightenment in France - skepticism, scientific experiment, constitutional government, "natural rights", and individual liberty
- The salons of Paris, where the wits and thinkers of all Europe gathered to exchange ideas
- The philosophers - intellectuals, playwrights, and poets who consulted and consorted with kings and queens
- Voltaire himself - the incarnation of the Enlightenment and a devotee of reason who still defended religious faith
- Mme. Pompadour, patron of the philosophers, who seduced King Louis XV and through him influenced French policy
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- 2024-01-14
Amazing and Enlightening…
For a book written in the mid-twentieth century to explain sociocultural developments in the eighteenth century, this work is epic. We cannot thank the authors enough.
The narrator also did an excellent job and the editing is top-notch. Thank you once again. The book is very Eurocentric, without next to no reference of Africa or Asia, but this only shows it is a work of its own time.
I recommend it.
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