Socrates - Couverture souple

Voltaire; Arouet, Fran Ois-Marie; Fleming, William F

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1617202452 ISBN 13 : 9781617202452

Editeur : Wilder Publications, 2011

Synopsis

Socrates is a play in three acts about Socrates and the events of his trial and eventual death. Satirical in nature it takes aim at government authority and organized religion. Voltaire's contempt for government and religion come through clearly in this play. Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.

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À propos des auteurs

Voltaire (1694-1778) was a French writer, philosopher, and dramatist associated with the Enlightenment. His dramatic works draw on classical subjects and contemporary concerns, combining structured form with philosophical inquiry.

William F. Fleming was a nineteenth-century translator and editor whose English translations of Voltaire's works helped introduce the French Enlightenment philosopher to a wider English-speaking readership. Fleming's translations appeared in widely circulated nineteenth-century editions of Voltaire's writings and played an important role in making the author's essays, plays, and philosophical works accessible outside France.Working during a period when interest in Enlightenment philosophy was expanding in Britain and America, Fleming produced clear and readable English renderings that preserved the wit, irony, and intellectual force of Voltaire's original texts. His translations became standard in many collected editions and remain among the most commonly reproduced English versions of Voltaire's works in modern public-domain publications.Through these translations, Fleming contributed significantly to the continued influence of Voltaire's ideas on literature, philosophy, and political thought in the English-speaking world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wilder Publications
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1617202452
• ISBN 13: 9781617202452
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 34
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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