Emile Durkheim: Selected Writings

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Summary: a worthy effort
Review: I think this book gives a very good account of Voltaire's life and offers many an insight into the writer's views on, notably, the Britons. It's -to say the least - amusing to view seventeenth-century English society through the eyes of an eminent French intellectual.

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Summary: Best possible introduction to Voltaire
Review: Voltaire (1694-1778)- glamorous, irreverent, immensely successful in his time - was one of the most prolific writers who ever lived: His collected works comprise 50 volumes. In order to get to know this most famous writer of the Enlightenment one needs a guide who picks examples from this immense body of work. Today Voltaire's wonderful little novel "Candide" tends to overshadow the rest of his literary activity, and in my opinion that is a great pity. This selection will introduce you to the Voltaire I love best: The witty philosopher of common sense and tolerance. In his essays he manages to express the ideas of the enlightenment in an elegant clarity which is unsurpassed in any literature. - Don't let others tell you who Voltaire is; feel the passion and the wisdom of one of the greatest writers ever.

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Summary: INCOMPLETE ADVERTISEMENT OF BOOK
Review: WHENEVER YOU LIST COLLECTED WRITINGS or ESSAYS, YOU SHOULD LIST THE *CONTENTS* OF THE BOOK, so that buyers can compare other published collections of the same author's work. I tried to enter this in the CORRECTIONS, but the format was so rigid I couldn't just comment (why don't you change that?), and this was the only way I could see to get a message to you. Thank you.