by Voltaire · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782080705525
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Voltaire's 'Treatise on Tolerance' is a fundamental work that arises in response to the unjust death sentence of the Protestant Jean Calas. In this essay, Voltaire passionately advocates for freedom of conscience and religious tolerance, arguing against fanaticism and persecution. Through a lucid analysis and eloquent prose, the author illuminates the dangers of intolerance and the importance of reason and humanity in social coexistence.
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.
