Voltaire spent his early thirties in England as an exile following the Bastille imprisonment for his satires. With passionate admiration, he then wrote this series of letters in English putting forward his views on the 18th century England, in contrast with the feudal society of his home country, encompassing aspects of religion, politics, sciences, and literature. The book was published in England and the free England received these philosophical, political, critical, poetical, heretical, and diabolical letters with delight, whereas in France, the book was denounced and publicly burnt in Paris as scandalous, contrary to religion, to morals, and respect for authority. - Summary by IstXA
INTRODUCTIONLETTER I. ON THE QUAKERSLETTER II. ON THE QUAKERSLETTER III. ON THE QUAKERSLETTER IV. ON THE QUAKERSLETTER V. ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLANDLETTER VI. ON THE PRESBYTERIANSLETTER VII. ON THE SOCINIANS, OR ARIANS, OR ANTITRINITARIANSLETTER VIII. ON THE PARLIAMENTLETTER IX. ON THE GOVERNMENTLETTER X. ON TRADELETTER XI. ON INOCULATIONLETTER XII. ON THE LORD BACONLETTER XIII. ON MR. LOCKELETTER XIV. ON DESCARTES AND SIR ISAAC NEWTONLETTER XV. ON ATTRACTIONLETTER XVI. ON SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S OPTICSLETTER XVII. ON INFINITES IN GEOMETRY, AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S CHRONOLOGYLETTER XVIII. ON TRAGEDYLETTER XIX. ON COMEDYLETTER XX. ON SUCH OF THE NOBILITY AS CULTIVATE THE BELLES LETTRESLETTER XXI. ON THE EARL OF ROCHESTER AND MR. WALLERLETTER XXII. ON MR. POPE AND SOME OTHER FAMOUS POETSLETTER XXIII. ON THE REGARD THAT OUGHT TO BE SHOWN TO MEN OF LETTERSLETTER XXIV. ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND OTHER ACADEMIES
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