- Books and Writers: Voltaire (1694-1778)
Biography and bibliography for Voltaire, the French Englightenment philosopher, skeptic, and author of works like Candide.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi/voltaire.htm
- BrainyQuote: Voltaire Quotes
Memorable quotations by Voltaire, the French author and Enlightenment philosopher.
www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/v/voltaire.html
- Candide (2)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Voltaire__1694_1778_/Candide
- Chateau de Cirey
Voltaire's home from 1734 to 1749. Includes tour information, picture gallery, and profiles of Voltaire and the Marquise du Chatelet.
www.visitvoltaire.com
- History House: Voltaire's Beatings
Series of articles describing Voltaire's stormy relations with nobles and other writers he ridiculed.
www.historyhouse.com/in_history/voltaire_rohan
- Modern History Sourcebook: Letters on The English or Lettres Philosophiques
Texts from Voltaire's 1778 letters.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1778voltaire-lettres.html
- Poem on the Lisbon Disaster
Background and English translation of Voltaire's pessimistic poem acknowledging the presence of evil in the world.
courses.essex.ac.uk/cs/cs101/VOLT/Lisbon2.htm
- Study Guide for Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary
Includes an overview of Voltaire's philosophical influence during his life and today plus notes on various terms from Philosophical Dictionary.
www.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/voltaire.html
- Voltaire
Biography and quotes from French philosopher Voltaire, born Francois Marie Arouet in 1694 Paris, and who became one of the leaders of the Enlightenment.
www.holysmoke.org/sdhok/voltaire.htm
- Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet)
Online biographies of Voltaire, the Enlightenment thinker and writer, written by authors such as Clarence Darrow, Robert Green Ingersoll, and Jim Herrick.
www.positiveatheism.org/tochvolt.htm
- Voltaire and Frederick the Great
Profiles by Lytton Strachey.
www.eserver.org/books/strachey/voltaire-and-frederick.html
- Voltaire Foundation
Specialising in research and publications on the European Enlightenment and on the 18th Century in general.
www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk
- Voltaire Quotes
Quotations by Voltaire, the French author, humanist, rationalist, and satirist.
www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Voltaire
- Voltaire: Letters on Newton
From Letters on The English or Lettres Philosophiques, c. 1778.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1778voltaire-newton.html
- Voltaire: On Francis Bacon
Modern History Sourcebook, from Letters on The English or Lettres Philosophiques, c. 1778.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1778voltaire-bacon.html
- Voltaire: The Philosophical Dictionary
Selections from Voltaire's collection of essays on topics including astrology, the French language, laws, prejudices, reason, and tyranny.
history.hanover.edu/texts/voltaire/volindex.html
- Wikimedia Commons: Voltaire
See portraits and images of Voltaire, the French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, from Wikimedia Commons. Includes photographs of the early editions of Voltaire's work, as well as his death mask and samples of his handwriting.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Voltaire
- Wikipedia: Voltaire
Encyclopedia article about Voltaire, the French Enlightenment author and philosopher, covering his life, his major works, famous quotes, and his legacy today.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire
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