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The works presented in this volume, in a new English translation, are among the most important and characteristic texts of the Enlightenment. The issues which they raise, concerning questions of tolerance and human dignity, are still highly relevant to our own times.

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Treatise on tolerance; The story of Elisabeth Canning and the Calas family; An address to the public concerning the parricides imputed to the Calas and Sirven families; An account of the death of the Chevalier de la Barre; The cry of innocent blood.

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 11 September 2000
      ISBN-13 9780521649698
      978-0521649698
      ISBN-10 0521649692
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      Ethics and moral philosophy Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Books by Voltaire

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The works presented in this volume, in a new English translation, are among the most important and characteristic texts of the Enlightenment. The issues which they raise, concerning questions of tolerance and human dignity, are still highly relevant to our own times.

      Table of Contents
      Treatise on tolerance; The story of Elisabeth Canning and the Calas family; An address to the public concerning the parricides imputed to the Calas and Sirven families; An account of the death of the Chevalier de la Barre; The cry of innocent blood.

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