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02956aam a2200397 i 4500 001 8D321C1E6B5811E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150206t20152015nyu b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2015003741 020 $a 1633880389 (paperback) 020 $a 9781633880382 (paperback) 035 $a (OCoLC)893890569 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d OCLCF $d BKL $d COO $d STF $d ZCU $d IWA $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a B2172 E5 2015 100 1 $a Voltaire, $d 1694-1778. 240 10 $a Works. $k Selections. $l English 245 10 $a Voltaire's revolution : $b writings from his campaign to free laws from religion / $c edited, translated, and with an introduction by G.K. Noyer. 264 1 $a Amherst, New York : $b Prometheus Books, $c 2015. 300 $a 397 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "Voltaire, the pen name of Fran©ʹois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), was one of the most influential leaders of the French Enlightenment. His defense of individual freedom of conscience and his criticisms of religious fanaticism and oppressive orthodoxy had a telling effect on Western history, inspiring several leading founders of America's new laws. This is the first English translation of many of his key texts from his famous pamphlet war for tolerance, written from 1750 to 1768, originally published under pseudonyms to avoid imprisonment and to educate the average citizen. Included are "The Sermon of Rabbi Akib" (a searing attack on anti-Semitism), "Prayer to God" (from the famous Treatise on Tolerance), the hugely popular "Catechism of the Honest Man," "The Dinner at Count Boulainvillier's," and other witty, sometimes acerbic pieces that point out the errors in the Bible, the corruption of the clergy, and the religiously-inspired persecutions, both of his day and across the ages. Many of these pamphlets were burned in a losing battle by the authorities. With a lengthy introduction and copious notes by the editor and translator, plus an appendix including first-hand accounts of the battle by noted mathematician and French revolutionary Condorcet, Frederick the Great, Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith, and others, this excellent compilation will be a welcome addition to the libraries of anyone with an interest in human rights and freedom of thought"-- $c Provided by publisher. 546 $a Translated from the French. 650 0 $a Religion and law. 650 0 $a Religion and politics. 650 0 $a Religion $v Controversial literature. 650 0 $a Religious tolerance. 650 0 $a Deism. 700 1 $a Noyer, G. K. $q (Gail K.), $d 1953- $e writer of introduction. $e translator, $e writer of introduction. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217031916.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161202022100.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8D321C1E6B5811E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search