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Title: A POCKET PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY
By: Voltaire, John Fletcher (Trans)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0199553637
ISBN 13: 9780199553631
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 11 August, 2011
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 320
Description: Voltaire's Pocket Philosophical Dictionary is a major work of the European Enlightenment. It consists of a series of short essays, arranged alphabetically, whose unifying thread is an attack on religious and political intolerance. Highly entertaining, its concern with intolerance and its consequences is still relevant today.
Synopsis: 'What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?' Voltaire's Pocket Philosophical Dictionary, first published in 1764, is a major work of the European Enlightenment. It is also a highly entertaining book: this is no 'dictionary' in the ordinary sense, nor does it treat 'philosophy' in the modern meaning of the term. It consists of a sequence of short essays or articles, arranged in alphabetical order, and covering everything from Apocalypse and Atheism to Tolerance and Tyranny. The unifying thread of these articles is Voltaire's critique of established religion: ridicule of established dogma, attacks on superstition, and pleas for toleration. Witty and ironic, this is very much a work of combat, part of Voltaire's high-profile political struggle in the 1760s to defend the victims of religious and political intolerance. This new translation is based on the definitive French text, and reprints the edition that provoked widespread controversy and condemnation.In his Introduction Nicholas Cronk considers the work's continuing relevance to modern debates about religious intolerance and its consequences. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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?UVRES DE VOLTAIRE, VOLUME 12 (PB)
?UVRES DE VOLTAIRE, VOLUME 17 (PB)
?UVRES DE VOLTAIRE, VOLUME 2 (PB)
?UVRES DE VOLTAIRE, VOLUME 20 (PB)
?UVRES DE VOLTAIRE, VOLUME 31 (PB)
?UVRES DE VOLTAIRE, VOLUME 34 (PB)
?UVRES DE VOLTAIRE, VOLUME 35 (PB)
?UVRES DE VOLTAIRE, VOLUME 44 (PB)
?UVRES DE VOLTAIRE, VOLUME 71 (PB)
?UVRES DE VOLTAIRE: HISTOIRE DE L''EMPIRE (PB)
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41 'QUESTIONS SUR L'ENCYCLOPEDIE, PAR DES AMATEURS' (HB)
A DEFENCE OF MY UNCLE (HB)
A DEFENCE OF MY UNCLE: TRANSLATED FROM T (PB)
A DEFENCE OF MY UNCLE; TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF M. DE VOLTAIRE
A DREADFUL PHENOMENON DESCRIBED AND IMPR (HB)
A DREADFUL PHENOMENON DESCRIBED AND IMPR (HB)
A DREADFUL PHENOMENON DESCRIBED AND IMPR (HB)
A DREADFUL PHENOMENON DESCRIBED AND IMPR (PB)
A DREADFUL PHENOMENON DESCRIBED AND IMPR (PB)
A DREADFUL PHENOMENON DESCRIBED AND IMPR (PB)
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A HANDBOOK OF LATIN ACCIDENCE AND SYNTAX; WITH EXAMPLES AND EXERCISES AND NOTES ON LATIN IDIOM
A HANDBOOK OF LATIN ACCIDENCE AND SYNTAX; WITH EXAMPLES AND EXERCISES AND NOTES ON LATIN IDIOM
A HANDBOOK OF LATIN ACCIDENCE AND SYNTAX; WITH EXAMPLES AND EXERCISES AND NOTES ON LATIN IDIOM (HB)
A KING AND NO KING (DODO PRESS)
A KING AND NO KING ACTED AT THE BLACK-FR (PB)
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A LETTER FROM M. VOLTAIRE TO THE FRENCH ACADEMY
A LETTER FROM MONS. DE VOLTAIRE TO THE A (PB)
A LETTER FROM MONS. DE VOLTAIRE TO THE AUTHOR OF THE ORPHAN OF CHINA.
A LETTER FROM MONS. DE VOLTAIRE, TO MR. (PB)
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A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY
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A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY (HB)
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A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY (VOLUME 1 (1824))
A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY (VOLUME 3 (1824))
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A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY (VOLUME 6 (1824))
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A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY VOLUME 5
A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY VOLUME 6
A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY VOLUME 7
A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY VOLUME 8
A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY VOLUME 9
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A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY, FROM THE FR. [BY J.G. GURTON] VOLUME 2
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A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY, FROM THE FR. [BY J.G. GURTON].
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A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY, FROM THE FR. [BY J.G. GURTON]. (VOLUME 3)
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A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY, FROM THE FR. [BY J.G. GURTON]. (VOLUME 5)
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A REPLY TO THE PRINCIPAL ARGUMENTS BY WH (HB)
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