by Voltaire · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253082668
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«L'affaire Calas: Traité sur la tolérance» is Voltaire's essay, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (126 pages, in French).
The book starts from the discovery of Marc-Antoine Calas's body in Toulouse in 1761 and the legal proceedings against his family, especially his father Jean Calas. Voltaire, convinced of his innocence, denounced the injustice and religious fanaticism, and wrote the Traité sur la tolérance. This edition collects extracts from that work and other texts from his campaign.
Edited by François Raviez, in the Libretti collection from Le Livre de Poche. The original work was published in 1763.
For readers interested in the Enlightenment, philosophical thought and the history of religious intolerance in France.
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.
