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The Woman Who Illuminated Science for Voltaire

This is an illustration from the preface of *Principles of Newtonian Philosophy*, co-authored in 1738 by French philosopher ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Faith against faith: Recovering the religious character of the Enlightenment

Secularisation is an unworthy expression for the men and women of the Enlightenment ― like Voltaire and Mary Wollstonecraft ― who were electrified by a certain perception of God, however heterodox it ...
Houston Chronicle

Voltaire, Charlie Hebdo and the lesson we still need to learn

Since the twin massacres in Paris two weeks ago, a small book with the modest title "Treatise on Tolerance" has rocketed to the top of the best-seller list in France. More than 100,000 have been sold ...
Fabula

New partnership between the Voltaire Foundation and Liverpool University Press to publish Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment

As of 1 st of August, Liverpool University Press is the publisher of Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment on behalf of the Voltaire Foundation. One of the key developments in the ...
openDemocracy

A Voltaire for our age; what can the Enlightenment teach Brexit Britain?

In the frontispiece to Voltaire's book on Newton's philosophy, Voltaire's lover Émilie du Châtelet appears as Voltaire's muse, reflecting Newton's heavenly insights down to Voltaire. 1738. Wikicommons ...
CNN

At time of crisis, French turn to a beacon of the Enlightenment

A traumatic event, such as the 9/11 attacks or the assault on Charlie Hebdo in Paris two weeks ago, can produce huge shifts in public opinion. A surge in patriotism, perhaps higher church attendances ...