by Voltaire · tapa dura · ISBN 9788448701260
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«Cartas filosóficas» is Voltaire's collection of philosophical essays, published by Altaya in hardcover (222 pages, in Spanish).
Voltaire turns his stay in England into a reflection on freedom and progress. The work contrasts English society, with its parliamentarism and religious tolerance, with French absolutism, and champions scientific observation over dogmatism. It is a classic of Enlightenment thought.
The work, also known as «Cartas inglesas», is number 7 in Altaya's Grandes Obras del Pensamiento collection.
It is a work recommended for readers interested in the Enlightenment, political thought, and classic essays on freedom and tolerance.
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
