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  • The philosophy of Voltaire

    • February 9, 2019
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      Pretty good 26-minute lecture by Ryan Reeves on Voltaire and the Enlightenment here.   ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is freely available here. 27 long form articles on Casanova’s life and times are freely available here.   #paris #voltaire #eighteenthcentury #history #philosophy #enlightenment
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  • Prisoners in the Bastille

    • December 1, 2018
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      A fascinating insight by Geri Walton into what it was like to be a prisoner in the Bastille in the 18th century - here ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is freely available here. 27 long form articles on Casanova’s life and times are freely available here.   #paris #prisoners #eighteenthcentury #history #bastille
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  • Casanova and the affair of Giustiniana Wynne – part 4

    • October 20, 2018
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      The final of four posts on Casanova and the affair of Giustiniana Wynne. Whatever her true feelings towards Casanova Giustiniana had appeared to warm to him quite quickly after their early meetings, so much so that she managed to find herself alone with him at a masked Opera Ball whereupon Casanova professed his love
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