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Hace 2 días · Voltaire (born November 21, 1694, Paris, France—died May 30, 1778, Paris) was one of the greatest of all French writers. Although only a few of his works are still read, he continues to be held in worldwide repute as a courageous crusader against tyranny , bigotry , and cruelty.
- Legacy
Voltaire - Enlightenment, Philosopher, Satire: Voltaire’s...
- Later Travels
Voltaire - Enlightenment, Letters, Poetry: The failure of...
- Marie
Marie’s father, Stanisław Leszczyński, was elected King...
- Ninon De Lenclos
Ninon de Lenclos (born 1620, Paris, France—died October 17,...
- Pierre Marivaux
Pierre Marivaux (born February 4, 1688, Paris, France—died...
- August Strindberg
August Strindberg (born Jan. 22, 1849, Stockholm, Swed.—died...
- Viscount Bolingbroke
Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (born Sept. 16,...
- Jean Racine
Jean Racine (baptized December 22, 1639, La Ferté-Milon,...
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Hace 2 días · e. John Locke ( / lɒk /; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism ". [11] [12] [13] Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, Locke ...
Hace 1 día · Early life Main article: Early life of Isaac Newton Isaac Newton was born (according to the Julian calendar in use in England at the time) on Christmas Day, 25 December 1642 (NS 4 January 1643 [a]) at Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, a hamlet in the county of Lincolnshire. His father, also named Isaac Newton, had died three months before. Born prematurely, Newton was a small ...
Hace 1 día · David Hume ( / hjuːm /; born David Home; 7 May NS [26 April OS] 1711 – 25 August 1776) [7] was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, [8] and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism. [1] Beginning with A Treatise of Human ...
Hace 4 días · Published May 24, 2024. The renowned French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire once quipped, "The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease." This provocative ...
Hace 5 días · The possibility of human action gave Voltaire confidence and hope. In 1764 he predicted, ‘Everything I see scatters the seeds of a revolution which will definitely come … Enlightenment has gradually spread so widely that it will burst into full light at the first right opportunity, and then there will be a fine uproar.
Hace 7 horas · It is a life that is ready-made for the opera stage. Saariaho, along with the librettist Amin Maalouf, started work on “Emilie” in 2008, and together they produced a work in nine scenes in the form of a monodrama. The character Emilie is alone on stage for the entire opera, which lasts approximately 75 minutes.
