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The philosophy of Voltaire
- August 26, 2023
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No CommentsPretty 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. Long form articles on Casanova’s life and times are freely available here. #paris #voltaire #eighteenthcentury #history #philosophy #enlightenment -
Casanova and Voltaire – part 4
- November 12, 2022
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The fourth of four blogs on the relationship between Casanova and Voltaire. Overall, you do get the impression that in his account of their meeting at Les Délices Casanova had tried to give an honest and even-handed description of Voltaire, taking care to illustrate both his vices and virtues. One of the aims of Histoire -
Casanova and Voltaire – part 3
- October 8, 2022
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The third of four blogs on the relationship between Casanova and Voltaire. At the age of thirty-five, Casanova had the opportunity to meet the great man. In 1759 (the year, incidentally, that Voltaire had published Candide) Casanova was rich, a consequence of the Paris lottery he had helped to found, subsidies from the Marquise d’Urfé
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