LITERATURE - Voltaire
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Published 2016-05-13
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All Comments (21)
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“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” —Voltaire
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This narrator has the most calming and lovely voice
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“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” ― Voltaire
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"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - Voltaire
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"The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire." - Voltaire
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This series is SPECTACULAR. ... I've never seen any catalouge of the Intellectual History of Mankind that even approaches the depth of meaning and scholarship you're building here. ... I'm blown away and deeply grateful.
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"If God created us in His own image, then we have certainly returned the favor." - Voltaire
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Common Sense is Not that Common. ---Voltaire
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François-Marie "How did I get this old without someone killing me" Arouet.
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Significant that there is no mention of his great love; Emilie du Chatalet, the most brilliant woman of the 18th century. Voltaire himself deferred to her. She deserves a section all her own.
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"Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all" Voltaire
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I'm very proud to be french, thanks to the Lumières and their ideas, our world is well shaped. I read Candide long time ago, and it is one of these books you won't forget. Very good video by the way.
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When I read Candide (I grew up and live in France, Paris) our teacher told us that Optimism was the philosophy of ignorance and to deliberately blind ourselves from the evil in the world and ignore it, not to simply change views on evil.
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I found this channel by accident but damn I'm I happy I did.
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l'm 22 years and i love so much vontaire's books eg 1 Candide 2. Zadig 3.Essai sur les meaurs et l esprit des nation from somaliland /borama amoud university medical student “My eyes hunger to read more books then time allows me to devour.” ... but “Never force yourself to read a book that you do not enjoy. ... read what u enjoy
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I love how all the images hang together, metaphorically and literally, in a way that looks a little chaotic and still ordered, to convey a greater point and help you follow the ideas; it's very satisfying.
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Hey I'm really impressed by your french pronounciation, even in other videos your foreign languages sound flawless. Could you make a video about yourself? Like who you are, what do you do and so on
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Life's a garden, dig it.
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This is one of the the best sites I've found. So entertaining, whilst learning more about our favorite philosophers. Wonderful to hear even more about Kafka. Had no idea his father was such a sociopath. No wonder poor Kafka had zilch confidence. A tragedy. Alain de Botton does a wonderful job of narrating these picturesque productions. Thanks so much for these.
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The most interesting thing to me is that Voltaire predicted a place where I grew up in and still live. There are so many religious beliefs , churches and so forth where I live. I've never seen a shred of violence or disrespect. Commerce rules and people worship the way they want. God bless Voltaire. I formulated the very same thoughts years ago and am glad to hear thoughts like this from people public school never taught me about. Bravo!
