600 Quotations from French philosophy
`600 Quotations from French Philosophy' is a collection of thoughts and reflections from six of the greatest French thinkers of all time.
France's influence on Western philosophy cannot be understated, from the Age of Enlightenment through to the founding of modern philosophy.
Many of these quotes have as much resonance today as they did when they were first coined.
Superb for dipping in and out of, there are more than a few thoughts in this book worth memorising, and even more that are sure to inspire.
Montesquieu (1689 - 1755) was born in Aquitaine, and his writing had a huge influence on political systems. Voltaire (1694 - 1778), a Parisian, was one of the founders of the French Enlightenment movement. Born in Langres, Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784) was a writer and another important figure in the Age of Enlightenment.
Gaston Bachelard (1884 - 1962) was born in Bar-sur-Aube and went on to become an important scientific philosopher. Born in Geneva, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778) was a spearhead in the European Enlightenment movement. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) was born in Clermont-Ferrand and is best remembered as a fideistic philosopher.
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France's influence on Western philosophy cannot be understated, from the Age of Enlightenment through to the founding of modern philosophy.
Many of these quotes have as much resonance today as they did when they were first coined.
Superb for dipping in and out of, there are more than a few thoughts in this book worth memorising, and even more that are sure to inspire.
Montesquieu (1689 - 1755) was born in Aquitaine, and his writing had a huge influence on political systems. Voltaire (1694 - 1778), a Parisian, was one of the founders of the French Enlightenment movement. Born in Langres, Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784) was a writer and another important figure in the Age of Enlightenment.
Gaston Bachelard (1884 - 1962) was born in Bar-sur-Aube and went on to become an important scientific philosopher. Born in Geneva, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778) was a spearhead in the European Enlightenment movement. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) was born in Clermont-Ferrand and is best remembered as a fideistic philosopher.
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (French: ; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire (, US also ; French: ), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Catholic Church) and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, histories, and even scientific expositions. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and 2,000 books and pamphlets. Voltaire was one of the first authors to become renowned and commercially successful internationally. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties and was at constant risk from the strict censorship laws of the Catholic French monarchy. His polemics witheringly satirized intolerance and religious dogma, as well as the French institutions of his day. His best-known work and magnum opus, Candide, is a novella that comments on, criticizes, and ridicules many events, thinkers and philosophies of his time, most notably Gottfried Leibniz and his belief that our world is of necessity the "best of all possible worlds".
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