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Voltaire and the triumph of the Enlightenment, Alan Kors

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Voltaire and the triumph of the Enlightenment, Alan Kors

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Accompanying course guidebook includes bibliographical references (pages 77-80)

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Voltaire and the triumph of the Enlightenment

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48106595

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Alan Kors

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The great courses®. Philosophy & intellectual history

Summary

Alan Kors, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, delivers lectures on the life and times of the French philosopher Voltaire

Table Of Contents

Disc 1. Lecture 1. The patriarch : an overview ; lecture 2. The education of a "philosophe" -- disc 2. lecture 3. "Philosophical letters," part I ; lecture 4. "Philosophical letters," part II -- disc 3. lecture 5. The years at Cirey ; lecture 6. From optimism to humanism -- disc 4. lecture 7. Voltaire and the philosophical tale ; lecture 8. Voltaire at Ferney -- disc 5. lecture 9. Voltaire and God ; lecture 10. Voltaire and history -- disc 6. lecture 11. Voltaire and toleration ; lecture 12. Apotheosis

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