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Quinones Ricardo J. |
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Erasmus and Voltaire : why they still matter / / Ricardo J. Quinones |
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Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010 |
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©2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (243 p.) |
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PHILOSOPHY / Religious |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE. CAREER EPISODES -- 1. Names for Bastards -- 2. England, Always England -- PART TWO. WORKS: CHILDREN OF A FORTUNATE HOUR -- 3. Erasmus's Letter to van Dorp and Voltaire's Letter to Rousseau -- 4. Works Finding Their Ways -- 5. The Survivors: Praise of Folly and Candide -- PART THREE. DUALISMS -- 6. Never a Peace: 'Thus always Cain or Abel' -- Epilogue: Recurrence and Recognition -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Despite comparisons between Erasmus and Voltaire having become common-place in the course of the nineteenth century, this is the first full study to bring them together in their careers, their works, and their historic afterlives. Each was a force for change in his time and thus ranks among the masters of modern liberalism. Beginning with the continuities between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, award-winning scholar Ricardo J. Quinones joins Erasmus and Voltaire as voices of moderation and reason that remain capable of addressing the philosophical crises of twentieth-century thought.A companion piece to Dualisms, Quinones' 2007 book, Erasmus and Voltaire differs in method: where its predecessor looked to inveterate, unyielding differences, this new work looks to similarities. In delving beneath the obvious differences between these two intellectual giants, Quinones |
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uncovers the great practical and spiritual vocations that unite them. |
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