The Beacon of the Enlightenment
by
Caroline Warman (Editor), Caroline Warman et al.
(Translator)
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Inspired by Voltaire’s advice that a text needs to be concise to have real influence, this anthology contains fiery extracts by forty eighteenth-century authors, from the most famous philosophers of the age to those whose brilliant writings are less well-known. These passages are immensely diverse...