Enlightenment's Most Dangerous Mind | Voltaire's Complete Philosophy Explained
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:06 The Architecture of Voltaire's Philosophical Method
00:18:55 Religious Philosophy Deism, God, and the Critique of Christianity
00:38:09 Political Philosophy Power, Liberty, and Enlightened Despotism
00:57:22 Tolerance and Freedom The Foundation of Civil Society
01:19:00 The Problem of Evil and Human Suffering
01:39:00 History, Progress, and Civilization
01:57:32 Influence, Legacy, and Impact on Later Thinkers
02:14:41 Limitations, Contradictions, and Contemporary Relevance
PRIMARY SOURCES - Voltaire's Works:
Candide (1759)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19942
Philosophical Dictionary (1764)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52085
Letters Concerning the English Nation / Philosophical Letters (1733)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71830
Treatise on Tolerance (1763)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60969
The Age of Louis XIV (1751)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43640
Essay on the Manners and Spirit of Nations (1756)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46965
Zadig (1747)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4650
Micromegas (1752)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30123
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Voltaire
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/vo...
Voltaire Foundation (Oxford University) - About Voltaire
https://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/about-v...
Taylor & Francis - "Voltaire: from Newtonianism to Spinozism"
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...
TheCollector - "What Was Voltaire's Philosophy?"
https://www.thecollector.com/what-was...
Wikipedia - Voltaire (comprehensive article with substantial content)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire
Wikipedia - Candide (detailed analysis)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide