Letters on England
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INTRODUCTION
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LETTER I. ON THE QUAKERS
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LETTER II. ON THE QUAKERS
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LETTER III. ON THE QUAKERS
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LETTER IV. ON THE QUAKERS
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LETTER V. ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
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LETTER VI. ON THE PRESBYTERIANS
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LETTER VII. ON THE SOCINIANS, OR ARIANS, OR ANTITRINITARIANS
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LETTER VIII. ON THE PARLIAMENT
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LETTER IX. ON THE GOVERNMENT
12:26 -
LETTER X. ON TRADE
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LETTER XI. ON INOCULATION
12:58 -
LETTER XII. ON THE LORD BACON
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LETTER XIII. ON MR. LOCKE
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LETTER XIV. ON DESCARTES AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON
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LETTER XV. ON ATTRACTION
27:04 -
LETTER XVI. ON SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S OPTICS
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LETTER XVII. ON INFINITES IN GEOMETRY, AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S CHRONOLOGY
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LETTER XVIII. ON TRAGEDY
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LETTER XIX. ON COMEDY
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LETTER XX. ON SUCH OF THE NOBILITY AS CULTIVATE THE BELLES LETTRES
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LETTER XXI. ON THE EARL OF ROCHESTER AND MR. WALLER
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LETTER XXII. ON MR. POPE AND SOME OTHER FAMOUS POETS
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LETTER XXIII. ON THE REGARD THAT OUGHT TO BE SHOWN TO MEN OF LETTERS
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LETTER XXIV. ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND OTHER ACADEMIES
14:56
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A visit to a Quaker near London begins with a meal and becomes a dispute about baptism, courtesy and what it means to be a Christian. Voltaire lets the exchange expose the habits each speaker takes for granted. These letters examine eighteenth-century English religion and intellectual life through particular encounters and arguments, giving abstract disagreements the shape of conversation.
The discussion of Newton and Descartes brings the same questioning approach to science. Voltaire compares their reputations and circumstances, challenges exaggerated claims made for Newton, and credits Descartes with advances in geometry while finding fault with his hypotheses. Readers interested in the history of ideas can see how judgments about thinkers become entangled with national pride. The letter form keeps the focus on a speaking, opinionated observer rather than an impersonal survey.
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