The Life of Greece: A History of Greek Civilization from the Beginnings, and of Civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander, to the Roman ConquestWill Durant
The Age of Voltaire: A History of Civlization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with Special Emphasis on the Conflict between Religion and Philosophy
The Age of Voltaire, the ninth volume of the Story of Civilization, is an in-depth examination of France and England in the first half of the eighteenth century. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter
• the English ideas that inspired the Enlightenment in France—skepticism, scientific experiment, constitutional government, "natural rights," and individual liberty; • the salons of Paris, where the wits and thinkers of all Europe gathered to exchange ideas; • the philosophes—intellectuals, playwrights, and poets who consulted and consorted with kings and queens; • Voltaire himself—the incarnation of the Enlightenment and a devotee of reason who still defended religious faith; • Mme. Pompadour, patron of the philosophes, who seduced King Louis XV and through him influenced French policy; • the Augustan Age in English literature—Alexander Pope's poetry, Jonathan Swift's satires, and the novels of Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding; and • the growing parasitism of the aristocracy and rising power of the commercial class.
© 2015 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbog): 9781504600378
Release date
Lydbog: 31. august 2015
The Age of Voltaire: A History of Civlization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with Special Emphasis on the Conflict between Religion and Philosophy
The Age of Voltaire, the ninth volume of the Story of Civilization, is an in-depth examination of France and England in the first half of the eighteenth century. In this masterful work, listeners will encounter
• the English ideas that inspired the Enlightenment in France—skepticism, scientific experiment, constitutional government, "natural rights," and individual liberty; • the salons of Paris, where the wits and thinkers of all Europe gathered to exchange ideas; • the philosophes—intellectuals, playwrights, and poets who consulted and consorted with kings and queens; • Voltaire himself—the incarnation of the Enlightenment and a devotee of reason who still defended religious faith; • Mme. Pompadour, patron of the philosophes, who seduced King Louis XV and through him influenced French policy; • the Augustan Age in English literature—Alexander Pope's poetry, Jonathan Swift's satires, and the novels of Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding; and • the growing parasitism of the aristocracy and rising power of the commercial class.
© 2015 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbog): 9781504600378
Release date
Lydbog: 31. august 2015
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