1 edition of Letters of certain Jews to Monsieur Voltaire found in the catalog.
Published
1795
by Printed by William Young, bookseller, no. 52, Second-Street, the corner of Chesnut-Street in Philadelphia
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Other titles | Letters of certain Jews. |
| Statement | Translated by the Rev. Philip Lefanu, D.D. |
| Contributions | Voltaire, 1694-1778, Le Fanu, Philip, approximately 1735-, Powell, Cha. former owner |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Pagination | 2 v. in 1 ; |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL26528363M |
| LC Control Number | 03019042 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 933771094 |
Letters Concerning the English Nation is a series of essays written by Voltaire based on his experiences living in England (in exile from France) between and Instead of a typical travel writing collection, Voltaire has attempted to survey all of English politics, religious tolerance and culture and compares it to the French equivalent. Letters of certain Jews to Monsieur Voltaire: containing an apology for their own people, and for the Old Testament: with critical reflections and a short commentary extracted from a greater: in two volumes / translated by the Rev. Philip Lefanu Guénée, Antoine, [ Book: ].
Critical Notes on the Old Testament, shewing the Use of the ancient Versions, the Samaritan, the Syriac, the Vulgar, and particularly the LXXII, for explaining and in some Places restoring the present Hebrew Text, drawn up according to the Order of Time in which the several Books were written. By the late learned William Wall, D. D. Author of The History of Infant . Voltaire recorded his views upon the English people and government in a series of “Philosophic Letters,” which were published in France and in England in According to Parton, Lafayette declared that it was his reading of these letters that made him a republican at nine years of age, and to them Rousseau “attributed in great measure.
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"Letters of Certain Jews to MONSIEUR VOLTAIRE" - Containing an Apology for Their Own People, and For the Old Testament. ; Herman Hooker; Philadelphia. With critical reflections, and a short commentary extracted from a greater; With Christian notes and additions on various parts of the work.
Translated by Rev. Philip Rating: % positive. To the Editor: The question of Voltaire's anti-Semitism, which is again being discussed in your pages (Letters, Aug.
12 and Aug. 26), has been an object of controversy for more than two centuries. Philosophical Letters book. Read reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The voice of the Age of Reason remarks on English religion a /5().
Voltaire wrote of the Jews in hundreds of letters and essays to the point of obsession. Yet unlike Montesquieu, Voltaire held out no “regeneration” hope for the Jews, for as much as he may have professed to possess the rational tolerance and empirical approach of a Deist, Voltaire was intolerant and irrational in regard to the Size: 79KB.
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Subsequently Veitel-Heine Ephraim offered Voltaire more favorable conditions, and he therefore withdrew his order from Hirsch. The last-named, who had already discounted Voltaire's notes, was. You deserve to be punished, for this is your destiny.[2] —Voltaire, From a letter to a Jew who had written to him, complaining of his antisemitism in L'Essai sur le Moeurs " [Jews] are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blond hair.
Letters on the English (or Letters Concerning the English Nation; French: Lettres philosophiques) is a series of essays written by Voltaire based on his experiences living in England between and (though from the country was part of the Kingdom of Great Britain).It was published first in English in and then in French the following year, where it was seen as Author: Voltaire.
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Although Jews are not prominent in the conte, a careful reader can get a good idea of Voltaire's opinion of Jews in relation to other ethnic or religious groups. He is generally more sympathetic to them than he is to Roman Catholic priests, Dutch businessmen, Italian landlords, Turkish ship captains, Spanish governors of Buenos Aires, and other.
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