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«Traité sur la Tolérance» is Voltaire's philosophical essay, published by Gallimard in paperback (144 pages, in French).
Written in 1763 after the execution of Jean Calas, the essay denounces religious fanaticism and defends tolerance. Voltaire analyses the case to argue against persecution and advocate reason, justice and respect for beliefs. A key work of the Enlightenment, it remains a current reference on freedom of conscience.
Work published in 1763; this 2003 edition belongs to the Folio 2 € - Sagesses collection (no. 3870), edited by Jacques Van den Heuvel.
Intended for general readers interested in philosophy, history of ideas and Enlightenment classics.
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.
