What does Voltaire criticize in Candide? What famous novel by Dostoevsky employs Nietzschean tenets? What is the book The Stranger by Albert Camus about? What did enlightenment philosopher, Montesquieu, argue in his book "The Spirit of the Laws"?
For instance – it is a fallacy to argue that free speech is acceptable only so long as it does not infringe upon another person’s right to free speech, and to exclude the effect that it might have on any number of other rights that a person might have. Furthermore, even if we ...
But we cannot be satisfied with such a naive caricature of the Enlightenment. It is unfair to claim that writers such as Voltaire insisted only on the superior value of the West without paying attention to cultural differences; for instance, Voltaire also praised the greatness of China’s four-...
it’s always nice to tip President Zimmer 10 or 20 bucks just to show he did a good job. It’s also nice to slip the class day speaker a few bills—maybe two or
Voltaire, God and Human Beings, 1769"In general men are stupid, vengeful, ungrateful, jealous, greedy for other people's goods, abusive of their superiority when strong, and deceitful when weak." --First sentence, Chapter 1, Our Crimes and Stupidities ...
Epictetus also said “the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have” and I like what Voltaire wrote about “life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” Patience is a virtue “No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bu...
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood. —Voltaire 293 Bad decisions, good intentions. —Drake 199 After you have made a decision that is pleasing to God, the Devil may try to make you have second thoughts. Intensify your prayer time, meditation, and good deeds. ...
That doesn't stack up well compared to Voltaire, but the event keywords probably make that a wash. Pompadour has a great keyword and can possibly net you 1-2 trps per turn, so another wash. Jacobites can be a game changer if you prep for it. So why do all the French players ...
I could have printed many more of his positions. Didn’t see them as relevant to this discussion. Does he have other positions I’m not aware of. Probably, but that said, he certainly didn’t keep his “big short” positions secret, did he?
Jonathan Swift and Voltaire all wrote widely read satirical essays, sometimes in the form of pamphlets -- loosely put together pages typically containing political criticism or ideas -- which became a widespread genre of literature during the 1700s. Political parties paid writers such as Jonathan Sw...