L' Affaire Calas Et Autres Affaires by Voltaire

L' Affaire Calas Et Autres Affaires by Voltaire

One of the most important essays on religious tolerance and freedom of thought, a French bestseller in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks

In 1762 Jean Calas, a merchant from Toulouse, was executed after being falsely accused of killing his son. As it became clear that Calas was in fact persecuted for being a Protestant, Voltaire began a campaign to get his sentence overturned--and in the process made the case for some of the most important values upheld by the Enlightenment, from religious tolerance to freedom of thought. Treatise on Toleration is the story of that case and a screed against fanaticism--a book that is as fresh and urgent today as it was when it was first published in 1763.

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ISBN 13	9782070366729
ISBN 10	2070366723
Title	L' Affaire Calas Et Autres Affaires
Author	Voltaire
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Editions Flammarion
Year published	1980-04-01
Number of pages	407
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