| 单词 | Voltaire |
| 例句 | Not surprisingly, the Duchess’s grumpiness became legendary, as Voltaire has so ably chronicled. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In the hands of Voltaire, say, or Jonathan Swiff, these accounts stimulated a new perspective on European society, forcing a reconsideration of that insular world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor is the frequent referral to Indian examples in the writings of Montaigne, Locke, Voltaire, Jefferson, Franklin, and Thomas Paine. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When we read Candide it opened up a new way of looking at the world to Chet, and he continued hungrily reading Voltaire, in French, while the class went on to other people. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody can take Hegel seriously. Have you read him closely? He’s funny, very funny. But Hume and Voltaire and Locke felt the same way about Africa,” Odenigbo said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I mean, this man was not Voltaire we killed. But still. It’s a shame. I feel bad about it.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Even Voltaire, who avoided the dialogue between a philosopher and a lady, a form popularized by Fontenelle, liked to imagine his book being read by a sophisticated woman at her dressing table. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Voltaire serves to remind us that there was more than one world in which scientists could live. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The great change in attitude of which Voltaire was a supreme philosophical weathervane coincided with a rapid reshaping of music after the deaths of Bach and Handel. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And the Hornbeams and the Willie Voltaires and a whole clan named Blackbuck who always gathered in a corner and flipped up their noses like goats at whosoever came near. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Voltaire composed a poem on the disaster that had considerable cultural impact, opening a floodgate of intellectual challenge and debate. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z What Voltaire was to France, Franklin was to America, the symbol of mankind’s triumphal arrival at modernity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Like Voltaire, Jefferson longed for the day when the last king would be strangled with the entrails of the last priest. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Voltaire’s Politics,” published in 1959, was followed by “The Enlightenment: An Interpretation,” a monumental two-part study whose first volume, subtitled “The Rise of Modern Paganism,” won the National Book Award in 1967. Peter Gay, Historian Who Explored Social History of Ideas, Dies at 91 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z He thought the Enlightenment had created a false deity for itself, one imagined by Rousseau and Voltaire as projected human reason. William Blake's picture of God 2010-08-17T13:00:00Z She stirred Voltaire’s interest in science, but he couldn’t follow her into the depths of Newtonian physics, lacking her prodigious mathematical skills. Critic?s Notebook: A Mistress of Voltaire, Set to Video 2011-06-05T22:05:53Z Sade, he added, was one of France’s most influential authors of the 18th century, alongside Voltaire and Diderot, and inspired the surrealist movement in the 20th century. sade-manuscript 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z With his high-domed forehead and amused smile, he looked remarkably like those other smiling philosophers, Voltaire and Bertrand Russell. Charles Rosen obituary 2012-12-10T18:13:31Z Her farewell brings to mind the ironic closing words of Voltaire’s “Candide”: “All that is very well, but let us cultivate our garden.” Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather’ Is Emotional, Planetary and Very Turbulent 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z I learn that Plato, Voltaire, Hegel and Sherlock Holmes didn't write or say the lines for which they were most famous. Children of the Days by Eduardo Galeano – review 2013-05-12T08:00:06Z When you think of the French Revolution, you think of Voltaire and Danton and the pathos and excess of Marie Antoinette. Three books on the revolutions that America's uprising helped spawn 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Other treasures include the armchair in which the philosopher Voltaire died, Marcel Proust’s cork-lined bedroom from his Right Bank apartment and dugout canoes used by the Parisii tribe on the Seine. 36 Hours in Paris, Right Bank 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Typical was the declaration by Tristan Tzara, Ball’s collaborator at the Cabaret Voltaire, that “The real dadas are against Dada.” Breaking out 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z In between it takes in Voltaire and de Sade, European and American politics and Jean-Marie's obsession, food. The top 10 French Revolution novels 2013-07-10T09:56:00Z We moved to Sheffield to make music because of the Human League and Cabaret Voltaire, who were electronic and leftfield where bands from other cities tended to be rock. 'Catalyst bands': What do you mean, you've never heard of them? 2011-07-21T21:01:01Z The shelves are finished with crown moldings, atop which perch small white busts, all of which were specially chosen: George Washington, Lafayette, Pierre de Ronsard, Benjamin Franklin, Diderot, Voltaire, Leibniz, Tocqueville, Descartes, Molière, and Balzac. Albertine Reparue: A French Bookshop in New York 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z If anything, I was at the Candide end of the spectrum rather than calculating, and, like Voltaire's hero I was an innocent unable to stop asking gauche questions and blurting out the truth, however inconvenient. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z He was a cross between Voltaire and Orwell. Quotes on the death of pundit Christopher Hitchens 2011-12-16T13:03:13Z In the mid-’70s, the English industrial band Cabaret Voltaire named itself after the Zurich club where the Dadaists first gathered and performed. Dada Was Born 100 Years Ago. So What? 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z I remembered the Voltaire quote: “God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.” A Surfer’s Perspective on Malibu in Flames 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z As a teenager he became interested in "music concrete", in which everyday sounds are used to compose music, and co-founded Cabaret Voltaire. The wild sound of Chris Watson 2013-09-11T02:11:39Z In the mid-18th-century, "it is to Scotland that we look," said Voltaire, "for all our ideas of civilisation." Scots: an auld dug with plenty of bite 2010-06-04T21:00:00Z Written as a satirical attack on Leibniz, whose philosophy of optimism, Voltaire believed, trivialized human suffering, the slim work of comic fiction became a perennially bestseller. Kelsey Grammer and Christine Ebersole take the L.A. Opera stage for 'Candide' 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Goethe was a passionate geologist; Voltaire performed scientific experiments; but today, someone without specialized scientific knowledge is seen as a dabbler. Review | Neglected visionary Agnes Denes altered our landscape with her art. At 88, she’s finally getting her due. 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z In the previous century, Voltaire’s “Candide” had attacked what its author called “optimism”: the Leibnizian idea that all must be for the best in this best of all possible worlds. Steven Pinker Continues to See the Glass Half Full 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z In Voltaire's Candide, Pangloss can trace his chain of infection right back to a Jesuit novice who caught it from a woman who caught it from a sailor in the new world. Syphilis, sex and fear 2013-05-17T15:59:01Z “You read ‘Voltaire’s Politics’ and at the end you don’t really know what his politics were, in the sense of his year-to-year responses and changing ideas under the pressure of events.” Peter Gay, Historian Who Explored Social History of Ideas, Dies at 91 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Ball and a loose assembly of fellow artists and exiles had been meeting at Cabaret Voltaire, a Zurich club, since February of that year. Dada Was Born 100 Years Ago. So What? 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z He had essentially been forgotten by then, while the other two figureheads of the era, Voltaire and Rousseau, had been reburied in the Paris’s Panthéon. Diderot Was Way Ahead of His Time — and He Knew It 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z In the 18th century, wine from Tokaj was delivered to kings and rulers throughout Europe, and it was enjoyed by Beethoven, Schubert, Voltaire and Goethe. In Slovakia, a Wine Region Waiting for the Spotlight 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z At another, he declares, "Let the garden grow", and somewhere Voltaire is smiling. New band of the day ? No 1,074: Alphabet Saints 2011-08-01T15:47:00Z Yeah, I mean ask Jonathan Swift and Voltaire that same question. "That's where I draw the line": David Cross has words for comics who moan about cancel culture 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z The writer Voltaire claimed that the prisoner's mask was iron, but it seems he made it up. The Man in the Iron Mask: uncovered 2010-10-21T08:45:00Z Even Voltaire, a hero to many who extol free speech, got it wrong. Unmournable Bodies 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z In one letter he says that the yet-to-be-finished “Gallery” is “like Dostoyevsky, Andrew Marvell and Voltaire.” Books of The Times: David Margolick’s ‘Dreadful’ Explores a Gay Novelist’s Anguish 2013-07-31T21:30:19Z The French even coined a term, "marivaudage", to describe Marivaux's precious, mannered dialogue: Voltaire described it as "the art of weighing flies' eggs on scales made from a spider's web". Making a sc?ne: the five French dramatists you should meet 2011-03-21T12:49:22Z He thinks of himself as a man of the Enlightenment and a student of Voltaire, a rationalist and a freethinker who believes above all in the power of reason. Books of The Times: ‘Pure,’ a New Novel by Andrew Miller 2012-07-03T21:48:27Z In Sheffield, where we were from, there were a lot of really experimental bands — bands like Cabaret Voltaire, early Human League. ABC's Martin Fry on writing '80s love songs to be original: "It was kind of an act of rebellion" 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Voltaire and a group of Haitian planners spent several days last week refining their plan at the University of Miami, for example. Architecture: Plan Calls for Rebuilding Haiti Away From Port-au-Prince 2010-03-30T22:02:00Z Famous visitors in the chateau’s heyday included Voltaire. Labor of love French chateau on market for $30 million 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The shop is called House of Voltaire, and it will occupy a space in Adam's Row, Mayfair, in aid of the art gallery Studio Voltaire. James Franco to work in Christmas shop – but is it art? 2012-11-20T11:58:04Z Two centuries later the French philosophe Voltaire would mock the empire as “neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire,” but to Charles, his realm was holy indeed. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z Based on the classic Voltaire saga of innocence lost, the musical failed on Broadway in 1956. Review: A soaring, witty 'Candide' at 5th Avenue 2010-05-28T21:42:00Z The 5th Avenue Theatre presents a Broadway musical comedy inspired by Voltaire's satirical novel, with a book by Lillian Hellman and a score by Leonard Bernstein. The Week Ahead: Folklife and Sasquatch festivals are arts highlights 2010-05-19T21:51:00Z New monthly club SOS, or Sounds Of Soul to give the full title, launches this week at Cabaret Voltaire's SpeakEasy annexe and aims to redress the balance with no less than five female DJs. Clubs picks of the week 2010-12-11T00:07:00Z The dances that Louis XIV and Voltaire and Pushkin cherished did not survive. Critic?s Notebook: Is Ballet Dying? Sure, It?s Died Many Times 2011-01-05T00:02:49Z Cabaret Futura at the Arches in Glasgow this evening, part of New Territories, is a one-off inspired by the dadaist experiments at Cabaret Voltaire in the early 20th century. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-03-11T17:35:17Z Challenging English bands like Ultravox, Cabaret Voltaire and the Human League began building their sound around synthesizers. Robert Moog: 'I wouldn't call this music' – a classic interview to mark a Google doodle 2012-05-23T10:54:12Z A lambswool blanket designed by artist Matt Connors for House of Voltaire. AD Surveys Designers and Artists to Find Out What Will Be Hot in the New Year 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z For all the talk of life forces, however, there’s a lack of kinetic energy between the elder marquise and Voltaire, who is reduced to a concupiscent kibitzer with a string of chronic ailments. ‘Emilie’ Review: Defending, and Defining, a Life 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z This criticism of religion has been around since the Enlightenment, when Voltaire wrote, "Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense." Why are people calling Bitcoin a religion? 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z House of Voltaire, in the heart of Mayfair, is a temporary store that was opened by the South London contemporary arts space Studio Voltaire to finance its artist program and education work. | Art Meets Fashion 2010-11-23T22:47:00Z It is hard to believe, given the erudite references that fill the book and our talk, from Islamic history to Aristotle, the Valladolid debate and Voltaire’s admiration for British tolerance. Mohamed El Bachiri: ‘Terrorists killed my wife: this is my jihad for love’ 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z France Voltaire Zadig or the Book of Fate Dee This is the most rocambolesque journey of a colourful picaresque character to whom so much happens in one page you are dizzy from the adventure. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z She retired as a professor in 2009 and a year later had a solo show at Studio Voltaire in London. Phyllida Barlow, British Sculptor of Playful, Scale-Defying Works, Dies at 78 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Famous visitors in the chateau’s heyday included Voltaire. Labor of love French chateau on market for $30 million 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z To illustrate the point, he reached for Voltaire’s briefcase among the holdings in the Morgan’s collection. Duane Michals Searches the Morgan and Finds Himself 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Did you know, for instance, that Voltaire attended Isaac Newton’s funeral at Westminster Abbey? An insider’s tale of how biography works: ‘This Long Pursuit,’ by Richard Holmes 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z The “Oscar Wilde Temple” will travel to London’s Studio Voltaire in the fall of 2018. For This Artist Duo, a Third Act: A Shrine to Oscar Wilde 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z It was the only Broadway musical comedy in memory to be based on a classic fable by the 18th-century philosopher Voltaire. Theater preview: The fall and rise of 'Candide' 2010-05-20T20:13:00Z In addition to the talk, the Cabaret Voltaire founder, who recently held a Nature Disco at the Port Eliot Festival, will also be performing a live sound mix. This week's new events 2010-08-27T23:06:00Z I read quite a bit, a lot of old books, Vonnegut and Charles Bukowski, Tennessee Williams, Voltaire. Dylan LeBlanc: 'Songs are like headstones to me' 2010-08-19T21:30:00Z In an epilogue, four figures representing posterity — Descartes, Goethe, Leibniz and Voltaire — weigh in on Kircher’s legacy. Review: ‘Theater of the World’ Journeys With a Polymath 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Twenty-five objects from the museums collection, plus a vase and four rare editions on Newton, Voltaire and Goethe's color theories borrowed from the Huntington Library, are on display through January. How new shades of blue made 'A Revolution of the Palette' at Norton Simon 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z “Voltaire says if you don’t accept the changes in your time, maybe you will get the worst part of it.” Italian Brands Expect Some ‘Brexit’ Benefits 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Writing to Voltaire, Frederick played both on Euler’s eminence and his disability, calling him the “great Cyclops of geometry”. The master of them all 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z She corresponded with the Enlightenment philosopher and satirist Voltaire, who called her “the shining star of the North.” A Hermitage Amsterdam Show Looks Closer at Catherine the Great 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z After all, she noted, when Voltaire published “Candide,” a coming-of-age adventure story that doubled as a vicious critique of the European power structures, “the French nobility did not enjoy it.” A Crop of New Novels About Race and Racism Finds Freedom in Satire 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Originally mounted in New York, last year, the immersive installation takes over the premises of the nonprofit arts organization Studio Voltaire — located in a former chapel — where it will remain for the next six months. In London, a Temple Where You Can Worship at the Altar of Oscar Wilde 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z A German and secret admirer of Voltaire, Struensee came to the palace with an agenda; he’s been dispatched by other believers in the Enlightenment to get the king’s ear. A Royal Affair: The Enlightenment Brings Sexy Back 2012-11-08T15:00:36Z If you would write perfectly, Maugham once declared, you should write as clearly, as urbanely as Voltaire, which is just what he himself tries to do. Review | ‘Ashenden’: the perfect late summer escape read, and a classic 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z He was a contemporary of the sceptical thinker Voltaire, and his art is just as radical. Watteau at the Royal Academy: the theatre of life 2011-03-14T17:11:09Z The dish is also wonderfully cheap: at the famous and otherwise pricey Parisian café Le Voltaire, it costs just .90 euros. Oeuf Mayonnaise, a French Classic Good Enough to Win Over Egg (and Mayo) Skeptics 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z But in addition to the king’s ear, the doctor captures the lonely queen’s heart, wooing her with loans of volumes of Rousseau and Voltaire. A Royal Affair: The Enlightenment Brings Sexy Back 2012-11-08T15:00:36Z He said the last line of Voltaire’s “Candide” resonated with him: “but let us cultivate our garden.” A Montreal Restaurant That Celebrates the Garden 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z It’s like putting together a portable Voltaire without “Candide” or a program of the best Balanchine that omits “The Four Temperaments” or a greatest-hits album from AC/DC that neglects “Back in Black.” John Berryman Is Reconsidered in 4 New Books 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z It's enough of an achievement to bring together Voltaire and PG Wodehouse; you don't need Salinger as well. The Elephant Keepers' Children by Peter Høeg – review 2012-10-05T21:55:11Z China’s philosophies once stimulated European thinkers such as Leibniz and Voltaire, as did the perception of China as a meritocratic state where talent, not birth, ensured success. Art: 'The Age of Enlightenment' Sweeps Into China 2011-04-18T13:57:28Z On this occasion, Voltaire’s story of a young man who learns by roundabout globe-trotting that this is not the best of all possible worlds has been transposed to a, gulp, high school in 1992. Review | Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan in ‘Candide’? I had to go to Philadelphia to catch this. 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z As a teenager in the 1980s, he graduated from being a skinhead dancing to 2-Tone records to an indie kid in thrall to Joy Division and Cabaret Voltaire. George Shaw 2011-02-13T00:05:02Z "We are the whipped cream of Europe," sighed Voltaire in 1735. The lap of luxury 2011-07-29T22:55:02Z Like newspaper columnists who ask: "Was it Voltaire, who said …?" Sam Leith's most hated online abbreviations 2013-06-06T14:00:05Z “You need to restore a balance,” said Leslie Voltaire, an urban planner and a special envoy to the United Nations, in an interview on Tuesday. Architecture: Plan Calls for Rebuilding Haiti Away From Port-au-Prince 2010-03-30T22:02:00Z In case anyone called them slight, she would quote Voltaire's apology when he wrote a long letter: "I didn't have time to make it shorter." Dame Beryl Bainbridge obituary 2010-07-02T12:46:00Z She thinks back to her long affair with Voltaire and dreads the birth of her child, feeling trapped in her “swollen body” by this “visitor,” this “passenger.” Music Review: Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Émilie’ at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater 2012-07-20T23:33:07Z Around the same time in the UK, the likes of Cabaret Voltaire, the Human League and the Normal were spearheading the idea of rudimentary electronic music with punk attitude. La Vie En Punk 2011-03-02T12:56:33Z Brit Herring’s depiction of Voltaire as a charming, petulant narcissist is a droll delight: Told by Emilie to read a calculus text in the original Latin, he throws a small tantrum. Review | Avant Bard recalls a French scientific genius 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Voltaire was right about that, but on the magnificent evidence of the result, he need not have worried. Edmé Bouchardon's extraordinary drawings changed the way sculpture looked 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Voltaire probably didn't talk about his Tuscan holiday at the salons he went to in Paris. Let's seek inspiration from Dorothy Parker – and revive the salon 2013-07-24T04:00:00Z “This will only work if these poles become magnets of attraction — with agriculture, tourism, industry and especially jobs,” Mr. Voltaire said. Architecture: Plan Calls for Rebuilding Haiti Away From Port-au-Prince 2010-03-30T22:02:00Z House of Voltaire sells a diverse selection of artists’ works, limited editions and original pieces to suit most budgets. | Art Meets Fashion 2010-11-23T22:47:00Z They find a style or principle early on, and, like Voltaire’s Candide, they cultivate their garden, over decades. Ghosts of the Past, Embalmed in White Plaster 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z In the lives of Voltaire and Madame de Pompadour, she found a world of perfect “U” manners. The Arbiter of Aristocracy: And No, It’s Not Downton’s Dowager 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Gay, a refugee from Nazi Germany, devoted his career to exploring the social history of ideas, a quest that took him far from his original area of specialization, Voltaire and the Enlightenment. Peter Gay, Historian Who Explored Social History of Ideas, Dies at 91 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z She studied botany and ornithology, and established a salon to support philosophers, including Voltaire. Inside France's $100 Million Palace Pompadour, A Royal Chateau Restored By A Press-Shy Philanthropist 2013-03-28T11:00:00Z Now, in the spirit of Voltaire’s Candide, he will tend his vineyard in Tuscany. Bar Tulix to Serve Mexican in the Former Burger & Barrel Space in Soho 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Like Voltaire and Diderot, who frequently feature in his writing, Bruckner writes across a variety of forms and genres, as a philosopher, a polemicist, an essayist and a novelist. Pascal Bruckner: 'Happiness is a moment of grace' 2011-01-23T00:05:40Z Imagine Voltaire's Candide with the hero rewritten as a reckless entrepreneur rather than a feckless innocent, or a picaresque fable by Henry Fielding transplanted to America between 1759 and 1776, and you get the picture. The Low Road – review 2013-03-28T12:01:43Z Chase’s props, which show up in some of his paintings, included Japanese fans, tapestries, 37 Russian samovars, a bust of Voltaire and a stuffed flamingo. Restoring the portrait of an artist: How a new exhibition is giving William Merritt Chase his due 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z It is packed with gunfights, kidnappings, sex and drugs but delivered in dense prose that refers to obscure scholarly texts and name-checks philosophers like Sartre, Voltaire, de Beauvoir, Fanon and Rousseau. He Writes Unreliable Narrators Because He Is One, Too 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z Voltaire said, the easiest way to bore people is to tell everything. The Carpetbagger: The Director's Big Challenge: Not Ruining a Cinderella Story 2013-01-31T15:00:40Z The short Voltaire novel that inspired this musical is a savory bouillon cube of condensed eventfulness. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Stripped of Illusions, but Still Glittering and Gay 2014-01-23T17:10:33Z They are getting ever-more artful in how they do so and the fashion ateliers which House of Voltaire emulates, or travesties, are temples of modern consumption. James Franco to work in Christmas shop – but is it art? 2012-11-20T11:58:04Z Having moved from the excellently named Cabaret Voltaire into their new home at Electric Circus, the Beep team are settling in nicely. Clubs picks of the week 2012-08-10T23:05:33Z But the exhilaration provided by the Menier Chocolate Factory’s revival of the 1956 Leonard Bernstein musical “Candide,” based on Voltaire’s classic philosophical fable, lies more in its practice than its preaching. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Stripped of Illusions, but Still Glittering and Gay 2014-01-23T17:10:33Z Many have tried to adapt Voltaire's picaresque satire for the stage, most famously Lillian Hellman and a host of co-writers in the Leonard Bernstein musical. 2013 theatre preview: Helen Mirren gets another crack at the Queen and Peter Pan meets Alice in Wonderland 2012-12-30T19:30:01Z And Voltaire’s “Memoirs of the Life of Monsieur de Voltaire.” Read Your Way Through Berlin 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Diderot Victor Hugo Beaumarchais Voltaire "Once in the Bastille, there is no afterwards." Quiz: Bastille in literature 2010-07-14T10:23:00Z He also lamented the removal this fall from the elementary school curriculum of Julius Caesar, Cardinal Richelieu and Voltaire. Joan of Arc’s Shaky Pedestal: France Battles Over Its Identity at School 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Bach and quarrelled with Voltaire, whom he brought to Prussia to be his court philosopher. Prussian and powerful 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Literary historians compare him to Kleist and Twain; “The Enchanted Wanderer” has been likened to Voltaire’s “Candide.” ‘The Enchanted Wanderer,’ by the Mariinsky Theater, at BAM 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Bernstein’s effervescent setting of Voltaire was not a success when it had its premiere in 1956. New York City Opera, on the Rebound With a Boost From Bernstein 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The wondrous, sorry adventures of the earnest, good-hearted Candide are narrated by a character called Dr. Voltaire, a traveling showman, and are presented by a circuslike troupe of players, complete with acrobats. Review: The Adventures of ‘Candide,’ and of City Opera 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z The hourlong opera, for chamber orchestra and a cast of five, “is a quest, like ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ or Voltaire’s ‘Candide,’” Crimp said. An Opera Partnership’s Next Step: A Fable About Happiness 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Named after Dr. Pangloss, the eternal optimist in Voltaire’s “Candide,” the tasting room’s knowledgeable servers tailor wine selections to patrons’ preferences. Weekend getaways: For a trip that’s all about leisure, soak up Sonoma’s choice wineries and sweeping vistas 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Their gauzy white costumes, by Keiko Voltaire, add extra breath to their movement, as they coast through balletic attitude turns or pummel the air with loose fists thrown down over stamping feet. A Premiere for Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence at the Joyce 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z I think of the final scene of Voltaire's "Candide," where Candide has ended his philosophical quest at the home of Martin, a farmer who prides himself on a simple life free from vice. My houseplant garden is a tiny national park Donald Trump can never destroy 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z The reader discovers, for example, that Voltaire turned up at the court of Frederick the Great as a pet Enlightenment intellectual, only to run a bond-market scam that could have bankrupted the Prussian exchequer. What’s the alternative? 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z But Raime, the pair now in their early 30s, dug deeper, finding inspiration in another electronic subculture: early 80s industrial and goth, the likes of Cabaret Voltaire, Death In June and Ike Yard. Raime: 'We wanted rawness' 2012-11-22T20:00:02Z Burr read, or borrowed, nine volumes of Voltaire, and his entertainments included the novels “The Mysterious Husband” and, make of it what you will, “The False Friend.” “Hamilton” and the Books That Hamilton Held 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Bourgeois Zurich became a hub for bohemians, who congregated in the Cabaret Voltaire — the nightclub considered the birthplace of the Dada movement — to recite nonsensical poetry, perform experimental music and exhibit art. Puppets, Purses and Paintings, Too: An Overlooked Artist With Range 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z His flamboyant thought and language is part of the best tradition of dissension, from Voltaire to the Velvet Revolution, and it accrues to creative fields beyond politics. The Arrest of a Teen-Aged YouTube Star 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z The Voltaire novella that inspired it, first published in 1759, defies categorization too. Kelsey Grammer and Christine Ebersole take the L.A. Opera stage for 'Candide' 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z In the end, however, I have to quote Voltaire's biographer and admit that although I might not like what Dogar writes, I would defend to the death her right to write it. Tackling real-life characters in fiction is fine ? as long as you do it well 2010-06-22T13:43:00Z “I was already interested in making usable, functional multiples,” said Mr. Wood, who has made blankets with House of Voltaire and scarves with Massif Central. Fuzzy Thinking: Artist-Designed Rugs 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z As his successor, the board tapped Paul LeClerc, a Voltaire scholar with prodigious fund-raising skills. Tony Marx’s Challenges Running the New York Public Library 2012-10-10T22:41:42Z Voltaire, the most satirical of Frenchmen, was repeatedly imprisoned and exiled for his witty criticisms of the government and the Catholic Church. The war on laughter: What the Charlie Hebdo attacks reveal about our thorny relationship with satire 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z The collaboration with Studio Voltaire cements Emerson and Macdonald’s position as London art scene favorites; their other recent commissions include Alex Sainsbury’s Raven Row art center and the extension of the South London Gallery. | Art Meets Fashion 2010-11-23T22:47:00Z Proceeds will support Studio Voltaire’s gallery and education programs. London's biennial House of Voltaire opens for holiday shopping 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z While he was busy making things up, Voltaire said that it might have been the king's secret brother. The Man in the Iron Mask: uncovered 2010-10-21T08:45:00Z Perhaps the Internet’s favorite quote Voltaire never said. Freud never said that: 19 of history’s most famous misquotes 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Pollack pointed to the song “You Were Dead, You Know,” which in Latouche’s version has an 18th-century rhetoric reminiscent of Voltaire’s world: Capturing the Short, Glamorous Life of a Forgotten Broadway Lyricist 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Wearing a dress by Keiko Voltaire with a long, pale green chiffon skirt, Ms. Roberts takes possession of the stage in breezy sideway steps that pull her forward and back in sinuous patterns. Review: A Sophisticated Journey Continues 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z They may never, therefore, be able to compete with a French company like Zadig & Voltaire. Chloe and Rykiel Secondary Lines Are Coming Into Their Own 2012-02-28T17:49:32Z Christian even seems happy—although he could care less about the fan letter he receives from Voltaire, which he waves off as “blah blah blah”—and his mental illness remains in check. A Royal Affair: The Enlightenment Brings Sexy Back 2012-11-08T15:00:36Z The cozy, classic, golden-lit bistro atmosphere of the perennially chic, consummately Parisian Le Voltaire is a Gallic analogue. | Under the Spell of Old Restaurants 2013-12-07T00:32:45Z Thinkers such as Voltaire in 18th-century France were questioning Christianity itself and celebrating earthly life. Frieze, funfair photography and Haiti's story – the week in art 2012-10-12T11:27:31Z Everyone’s strings are being pulled by someone, with, as Voltaire wrote, silence being “the verdict of the vastest mind.” Dance Review: In a Struggle of Wills, Who Is Really the Manipulator? 2010-10-26T20:17:00Z She will join scientist Marie Curie, philosopher Voltaire, writer Victor Hugo and other French luminaries. Black artist Josephine Baker honored at France’s Pantheon 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “The temporary shop is such a wonderful opportunity to raise money for Studio Voltaire’s artistic community and public programs.” London's biennial House of Voltaire opens for holiday shopping 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Cabaret Voltaire, Blair Street, Fri Club Jamaica, Portsmouth Its selection of vast speaker bins barely fits into this intimate, 150-capacity bar. Clubs picks of the week 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z Southern and Hoffenberg wrote the novel in tandem, mailing chapters back and forth, as a satire of Voltaire’s “Candide” and a parody of smutty novels. A Parody of Smut — and of Voltaire — Turns 60 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z The era's great thinkers — Locke, Newton, Voltaire — exchanged tens of thousands of letters; Voltaire alone wrote more than 18,000. Digital keys for unlocking the humanities' riches 2010-11-18T02:01:00Z This account examines the historians and artists who have shaped our current understanding of the world, covering chroniclers from Thucydides and Voltaire to Winston Churchill and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Newly Published, From a Nixon Insider to Margaret Atwood 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Little known is that the statue is also a reliquary, because in its base Voltaire’s heart is kept. A Vault Holding Long-Hidden French Treasures Swings Open Its Doors 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z On the other hand, I'm not much into Baudelaire, Balzac and Voltaire. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z They constructed a temple “To Philosophy,” and hauled in busts of famous philosophers like Voltaire. Don’t stop believin’: Do atheists need a church? 2013-04-28T16:00:00Z As well as inspiring a scene in Rostand's play, the novel also anticipates the various philosophical travel narratives of Montesquieu, Jonathan Swift, and Voltaire in the following century. Beyond Cyrano de Bergerac’s nose – the real man behind the swashbuckling hero 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z The celebrations of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday continue with this concert version of his take on Voltaire, played by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. 8 Classical Music Concerts to See in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z One downloadable track, High Beams, all found sounds and static, takes you forward into the past – it's like Cabaret Voltaire doing chillwave. New band of the day ? No 823: Hype Williams 2010-07-12T16:19:00Z Then there is the famous quote, translated from Voltaire: "Those who can make you believe in absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Mike Johnson's Satanic panic: How evangelical delusions trained Republicans to love Trump's lies 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z To quote Voltaire, "Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." Trump perfects the "Seinfeld" strategy: Experts on "the media's George Costanza problem" 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The 55-year-old has not toured in North America since 2011, so her shows at the Voltaire nightclub at The Venetian in Las Vegas will be a major US return. Kylie Minogue announces Las Vegas residency 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Voltaire was also the first scholar to make a serious attempt to write the history of the world, eliminating theological frameworks and emphasizing economics, culture, and political history. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest novelist, poet, and philosopher of France during the height of the Enlightenment period, Voltaire became famous across Europe for his wit, intelligence, and moral battles against what he perceived as injustice and superstition. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z As Voltaire noted, it's not just about the absurdity, but the atrocity. Mike Johnson's Satanic panic: How evangelical delusions trained Republicans to love Trump's lies 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Among the luminaries were prominent philosophers and political leaders, including Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, and Catherine the Great. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Or to be aware of the names of René Descartes, John Locke, Jean-JacquesRousseau and Voltaire? Opinion | What might ChatGPT do for humanity? The ancient Greeks offer a clue. 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Voltaire’s early attempts to make history an empirical, objective discipline did not find many followers. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to writing hilarious novellas lambasting everything from Prussia’s obsession with militarism to the idiotic fanaticism of the Spanish Inquisition, Voltaire was well known for publicly intervening against injustice. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z And Leslie Voltaire, a former Haitian official, welcomed the tribute but said France owed Haiti more than words. Macron Honors Haitian Revolutionary, but Leaves Much Unsaid 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Frederick of Prussia, for example, invited the French philosopher Voltaire to live at his palace in Potsdam in 1750. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z David Brocas, founder of mineral supply chain advisory firm Voltaire Minerals, said that battery metals are becoming as strategically important to countries as oil, and carmakers will need a special "diversified sourcing strategy" in response. Chile's lithium move a further push for automakers to diversify supply chain 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Critics and journalists have thrown out the names of every erudite-sounding auteur they can think in their attempts to describe this movie’s influences: Voltaire, Kafka, Charlie Kaufman, David Lynch. Ari Aster doesn’t want to talk about his new movie right now 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Frederick so impressed the French philosophes that Voltaire came to live at his palace for two years until the two of them had a falling out. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Collini, once a secretary to Voltaire, was one of the first scholars in the Age of Enlightenment to recognize fossils as the petrified remains of ancient eras. Never-before-seen jurassic mix between flamingo and whale unearthed 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z The recent article on the debate over the future of abandoned Fort Lawton reminds me of the iconic quote from French philosopher Voltaire: “Common sense is not so common.” Fort Lawton: Not the right site for housing 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Aurelio Voltaire wears all black — and dyes his hair and beard to match. Xi Jinping vs. the People 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Using the power of the press, Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke, Isaac Newton, and Voltaire questioned accepted knowledge and spread new ideas about openness, investigation, and religious tolerance throughout Europe and the Americas. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The pen name of François-Marie Arouet, Voltaire was arguably the single most influential figure of the Enlightenment. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Similar quotations are attributed to sages like Voltaire and Warren Buffett. Can Planting a Trillion New Trees Save the World? 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z It hasn’t made me any better at cheating in real life, but at least I can now say I once outsmarted Voltaire in a game of cards. Playing Card Shark actually feels like cheating — in a good way 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z A black bathtub, sink, and bat-winged throne fill his East Village apartment, which he calls the “Lair of Voltaire.” Xi Jinping vs. the People 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The French philosopher Voltaire applied his witty, biting satire to all forms of traditional authority, especially the Catholic Church. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Using the pen name Voltaire, he published more than 70 books of political essays, philosophy, and drama. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Einstein, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Tesla, recording artist slash psychology professor,” Trotter raps, suggesting the scope of his thinking. Is There Such a Thing as Black Thought? 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z CLAIM: French philosopher Voltaire said: “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z He began his literary career in his 20s, his son said, translating works by French authors including the satirists Voltaire and Molière and trying his hand at magazine articles and stories of his own. Iraj Pezeshkzad, celebrated Iranian satirist and author of ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ dies 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize," Massie captioned the photo, attributing it to Voltaire. GOP Rep. Thomas Massie attacks Dr. Fauci — by quoting neo-Nazi convicted for child porn 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z After his second jail term, Voltaire was exiled to England for more than two years. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A contemplative man who casually quotes Voltaire, he loves newspapers deeply, and mourns the hundreds of small-town papers that have gone under in recent years. In one small prairie town, two warring visions of America 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z The tweet contained a cartoon image along with the phrase: “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize – Voltaire.” NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Under its august dome lie the remains of Voltaire, Rousseau and Victor Hugo, among many other French cultural lions of one sort of another. Exploring Samuel Beckett’s Paris 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z According to a USA Today fact-check, the quote, which regained popularity last May, has no apparent connection to Voltaire, a major figure of the 18th-century Enlightenment regarded as one of the greatest French writers. GOP Rep. Thomas Massie attacks Dr. Fauci — by quoting neo-Nazi convicted for child porn 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Although he made powerful enemies, Voltaire never stopped fighting for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom of speech. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Baker was joining other French luminaries honored at the site, including philosopher Voltaire, scientist Marie Curie and writer Victor Hugo. Photos: Dramatic evening images frame Josephine Baker becoming the first Black woman to be inducted into France’s Pantheon 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Many social media users quickly pointed out that the quote was wrongly attributed to Voltaire. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Baker's empty coffin will lie alongside other French national icons in the mausoleum such as authors Emile Zola and Victor Hugo, the philosopher Voltaire and politician Simone Veil. Jazz singer Josephine Baker first Black woman honoured at France's Pantheon 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Once inside the Pantheon, Baker's empty coffin will lie alongside French national icons such as authors Emile Zola and Victor Hugo, the philosopher Voltaire and politician Simone Veil. Jazz singer Josephine Baker to be inducted into France's Pantheon 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Voltaire disliked editing Frederick’s mediocre poetry, while Frederick suspected Voltaire of shady business dealings. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come,” wrote Voltaire, “ye philosophers, who cry, ‘All’s well!’ Opinion | Covid trauma seems not to have shaken American Christians’ faith 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Despite the quote originating more than a hundred years after Voltaire’s death in 1778, it has been repurposed and incorrectly attributed to him dozens of times. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Baker will be just the sixth woman, first woman of color and first American-born person to join the likes of Marie Curie, Victor Hugo, Emile Zola and Voltaire. How an American in Paris was given the rarest of French honors 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z The pseudonym is an age-old tradition in Europe, deployed by the likes of Voltaire, C.S. Behind a Top Female Name in Spanish Crime Fiction: Three Men 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Voltaire and other critics attacked some of the beliefs and practices of organized Christianity. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Cabaret Voltaire borrowed the same type of synthesiser Eno used, from the university's music department, and acquired a sequencer and drum machine. Cabaret Voltaire's Richard H Kirk dies aged 65 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z That bloodshed outside came to an end at 9:41 p.m. at the Café Voltaire when Brahim Abdeslam detonated his explosives. Emotions raw before Paris trial for Islamic State carnage 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z “Doubt is not a pleasant condition,” Voltaire said, “but certainty is an absurd one.” What God, Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness Have in Common 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Now, a new study published in the journal Psychology Science suggests that Voltaire may have been ahead of his time. Do dogs get jealous? Scientists had dogs watch their owners play with fake dogs to find out 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Many philosophes, including Voltaire, believed that the best form of government was a monarchy in which the ruler respected the people’s rights. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "It would be an insult to the spirit of the original Cabaret Voltaire, I think, to go for the quick buck," he added. Cabaret Voltaire's Richard H Kirk dies aged 65 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z “My father, when he was teaching me Lao-Tse or Confucius, would also quote Aristotle or Plato or Bertrand Russell or Voltaire.” Fou Ts’ong, Chinese pianist who bridged East and West, dies at 86 of covid-19 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z But when it comes to theories about ultimate reality, I’m with Voltaire. What God, Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness Have in Common 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Indeed, Voltaire's quote is "very relevant to our work," Amalia Bastos, a doctoral candidate and the lead author of the study, told Salon by email. Do dogs get jealous? Scientists had dogs watch their owners play with fake dogs to find out 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Quoting Rousseau and Voltaire, they began to demand equality, liberty, and democracy. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard H Kirk, whose band Cabaret Voltaire were pioneers of electronic and industrial music in the 1970s and 80s, has died, at the age of 65. Cabaret Voltaire's Richard H Kirk dies aged 65 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z “But I’ll defend to the death your right to say them, as Voltaire said.” French schools reopen in mourning after beheading of teacher 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z One of the first buried there, in 1791, was the philosopher Voltaire. Poets and Lovers: Do Rimbaud and Verlaine Belong in France’s Panthéon? 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z Bastos argued that, per the Voltaire quote, dogs likely share all of the basic emotions that are felt by humans and other animals. Do dogs get jealous? Scientists had dogs watch their owners play with fake dogs to find out 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Philosophes such as Voltaire considered England’s government the most progressive in Europe. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s accompanied by a quote wrongly attributed to philosopher Francois Voltaire but actually circulated by white supremacists. National NAACP to take over local branch after post furor 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z She quotes a line attributed to the French philosopher Voltaire that amply supports free expression, however offensive: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Review | Why individuals, not governments, should safeguard free speech 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The other figure drenched in red shows Voltaire, a leading thinker and writer of the French Enlightenment, who owed part of his fortune to colonial-era trade. Protesters daub French colonial-era statues in red paint 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z “Like Voltaire, I hold contempt for such a god,” Zach’s colleague declares. Review: In Percival Everett's three-version "Telephone," it's always the dealer's choice 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z The well-educated empress read the works of philosophes, and she exchanged many letters with Voltaire. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But the earthquake also exerted a profound philosophical influence, especially on Voltaire and Immanuel Kant. The last global crisis didn't change the world. But this one could | William Davies 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine another place on earth where a frenzy could be whipped up over the personal letters of Voltaire or autographed scores by Mozart. A Billion-Dollar Scandal Turns the ‘King of Manuscripts’ Into the ‘Madoff of France’ 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z From Voltaire to Hugo to Zola to Sartre, the writer has been regarded as sacred in France. A Pedophile Writer Is on Trial. So Are the French Elites. 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Voltaire, after all, urged his readers to cultivate their gardens at a time of government-sponsored torture and intolerance across Europe. “We’ve been attacked!” Women and trauma in the Trump-Putin era 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Many of these rights had been advocated by Voltaire, Rousseau, and Locke. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He was also a central figure in the emergence of scientific racism too, alongside Kant, Voltaire and a host of other European men. How to fight racism using science 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z “He took me to Sonic for the first time,” recalled Voltaire. Big Buddy still mentoring Little Buddy after 20 years 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z So, in Voltaire’s ironic comment, all is surely for the best, in the best of all possible worlds. A warm welcome? The wildlife visitors warning of climate disaster 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Boulevard Voltaire is just a 15-minute walk from the Place de la Bastille and its concentration of hip bars and restaurants, yet it feels much more down at heel. 'What you hear about Chinese people in France feeling scared – it’s true' 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z There was great unrest in France, caused by bad harvests, high prices, high taxes, and disturbing questions raised by the Enlightenment ideas of Locke, Rousseau, and Voltaire. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Voltaire believed that black people were a different species. How to fight racism using science 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Voltaire, he said, noticed that just about everyone at the game was white. Big Buddy still mentoring Little Buddy after 20 years 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Reflecting on how few of his generation remembered Voltaire, he suggested that “the real reason might be that we are all more or less Voltairians: Voltairians without even knowing it.” The Greatest Unknown Intellectual of the 19th Century 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Trump has always understood Voltaire’s sardonic observation that it’s wise to mete out severe punishment to those who fail you “to encourage the others.” Opinion | Trump’s Fifth Avenue theory is showing some cracks 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Members of Haiti’s northern elite were also lobbying Bill Clinton to invest in the region, says Leslie Voltaire, who served alongside Bill as Haiti’s special envoy to the UN from 2009 to 2010. Haiti and the failed promise of US aid 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Surely, Jefferson did not want to be lumped in with “horrid” figures such as Voltaire and other free thinkers who questioned the value of central religion? Saving Thomas Jefferson’s soul 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z “It wasn’t just him, but Mr. Charlie’s whole family. I was a part of their family,” said Voltaire. Big Buddy still mentoring Little Buddy after 20 years 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z He also said that "voltage" was named after Voltaire, the French philosopher - when it's in fact named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. Uni sorry for health and safety course errors 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z Accompanying the image was a quote mistakenly attributed to 18th-century French philosopher Voltaire: “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” John Cusack apologizes for anti-Semitic tweet — after defending why he posted it 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z “You have to put it in context,” Voltaire continued. Haiti and the failed promise of US aid 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z The quote is by notorious white supremacist Alfred Strom, but is incorrectly attributed to Voltaire on the cartoon shared by Mr. Cusack. John Cusack blames ‘bot’ for anti-Semitic ‘follow the money’ tweet 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z When Voltaire was starting middle school, the Teeples moved to Houston. Big Buddy still mentoring Little Buddy after 20 years 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Tribe was retweeting a post from @wvjoe911 who quoted Voltaire, the 18th Century French philosopher, implying that both Hitler and Trump made absurd statements. Harvard Law Prof: Trump has 'horrifying' 'physical and behavioral resemblances' to Hitler 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z “What Diderot did not fully realize,” Curran writes, “was that he had carried the ideas of the Enlightenment forward in a way that no person, not Voltaire, and certainly not Rousseau, had done before.” Review | A French encyclopedist who challenged church and state 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z “Seventy million dollars? It’s a lot of money” for a project that never materialised, said Voltaire. Haiti and the failed promise of US aid 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z But let us also not forget a quote attributed to Voltaire that “the best is the enemy of the good.” Opinion | Appraising the Green New Deal 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z In 2010, Voltaire lost both his mother and sister in a matter of months. Big Buddy still mentoring Little Buddy after 20 years 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Voltaire’s engagement with Frederick was a descent of shared infatuation into mutual disgust. How the Man of Reason Got Radicalized 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z In his short satirical tale “Zadig, or the Book of Fate,” Voltaire describes the fictitious great lord Irax: “The peacocks are not more vain, the doves not more voluptuous.” Opinion | If Trump Were a Fictional Character ... 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z For Haiti, “it was a double asset,” Voltaire went on, “because his wife was secretary of state,” and had influence over USAid, which controlled most of the US’s post-earthquake spending. Haiti and the failed promise of US aid 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Theirs is not the first improbable pen-pal relationship — Catherine the Great famously corresponded with Voltaire. The Pen Proves Mighty for an Unlikely Trump Correspondent 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z “He taught me strength and laid the platform for how to be a man,” said Voltaire, who went on to graduate from Southern University, earning his master’s degree in 2018. Big Buddy still mentoring Little Buddy after 20 years 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z When Voltaire and Diderot met at last, in Paris, in 1778, the long-awaited meeting of the two master minds of the Enlightenment, they had a squabble about Shakespeare. How the Man of Reason Got Radicalized 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z If Voltaire became the era’s most prominent anti-cleric, Diderot was its most ingenious and freethinking atheist. 'Beware the affluence of gold': on reading Diderot in the age of Trump 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Much as he hated Christianity, Voltaire still needed the idea of God to make sense of the world; the Jesuits, with whom he studied, taught him something after all. Review | How different really are atheists and believers? 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The front desk at Voltaire and Rousseau in Glasgow, where books overflow from shelves into piles on the ground around the shop. The bookshops of Scotland 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Now 29, Voltaire is in his first year as a physical education coach at Westminster Elementary School. Big Buddy still mentoring Little Buddy after 20 years 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Voltaire did not take it well, and the two parted on sour terms. How the Man of Reason Got Radicalized 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z She corresponded with Voltaire, and welcomed Denis Diderot to stay for five months at her court in St. Petersburg, where she met with him almost daily. The business class doesn’t understand the Enlightenment 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Following this method, Gray shows convincingly how, for example, Voltaire — the Enlightenment’s atheist philosopher par excellence, as he’s usually characterized — “seems never to have been an atheist.” Review | How different really are atheists and believers? 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Voltaire cited her candidate’s work to save Temporary Protected Status for immigrants as a major factor of her support. Ayanna Pressley ousts 10-term Massachusetts Democrat in latest primary upset 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Big Buddy taught me to never allow your insecurities to hold you back, to stop you from accomplishing your dreams,” Voltaire said. Big Buddy still mentoring Little Buddy after 20 years 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Voltaire had already, well back in 1740, undertaken something similar with Frederick of Prussia, with predictable futility. How the Man of Reason Got Radicalized 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z He devoured the works of Enlightenment philosophers — Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Locke — who emphasized reason and individualism over tradition. Perspective | A visit to Monticello offers a reminder of the enduring legacy of ‘deep rooted prejudices’ 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z That’s the heart of Voltaire’s Enlightenment vision of cultivating one’s garden: that this is not a way of escaping from the world; rather, each garden seeds the one next door. What Can We Learn from Utopians of the Past? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Some of the results were intuitive: the best predictors of introversion, for example, were Likes for pages such as “Video Games” and “Voltaire”. 'I was shocked it was so easy': meet the professor who says facial recognition can tell if you're gay 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z No matter that illustrious Frenchmen, such as Voltaire, were vegetarians. Let them eat steak: butchers fight back in French culinary wars | Pauline Bock 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Diderot made a joke about a giant statue that used to stand in front of Notre-Dame, saying that Voltaire’s plays couldn’t touch Shakespeare’s balls. How the Man of Reason Got Radicalized 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Voltaire, anti-Semite and sage of the Enlightenment, is credited with the aphorism “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” How Social-Media Trolls Turned U.C. Berkeley Into a Free-Speech Circus 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Burr checked out a book by Voltaire, while Hamilton returned a book by Goethe. President Washington, Your Library Books Are Overdue 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z “Why would Shakespeare’s language be superior to that of Voltaire?” The Ultimate Démarche: France Wants to Oust English From the EU 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Forest Service officials say area residents and motorists should continue to avoid the Voltaire Canyon Road as more than 220 firefighters continue to access the area on the southwest edge of town. Voluntary evacuations lifted at wildfire near Carson City 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Voltaire’s temptation by Frederick is easy to understand: praise would get you anywhere with Voltaire. How the Man of Reason Got Radicalized 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z A handful of voluntary evacuation orders remain in effect Wednesday for residents of Voltaire Canyon and those living in the Carson Colony. Sheriff: Campers burning feces start fire near Carson City 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z The two on Friday will see the launch of their unisex capsule with Zadig & Voltaire called Jagger Snow, which is named after their daughter. Evan Ross, Ashlee Simpson-Ross talk Zadig & Voltaire capsule, reality series 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Macron is kicking off the project Thursday with a visit to the chateau of French philosopher Voltaire, near the Swiss border, to showcase an example of successful restoration. France launches lottery to help restore chateaux, monuments 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Carson City Ken Furlong says the fire started in Voltaire Canyon around 7:30 p.m. Voluntary evacuations lifted at wildfire near Carson City 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z His sympathies were, it’s true, limited to people like him; Voltaire’s were limited to people who liked him. How the Man of Reason Got Radicalized 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z He recounted a kiss that Benjamin Franklin, the first U.S. ambassador to France, reportedly shared with the French philosopher Voltaire. Macron, Trump Face Off in Charm Contest 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Leave it to the French, with their love of Voltaire and Simone de Beauvoir, to revive literature in the era of hot takes, fast news and smartphone addiction. The Vending Machine That Spits Out Short Stories 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z “It’s so crazy and there is no way you can do anything. So I have become apolitical, I am Candide,” he said, referring to Voltaire’s naively optimistic hero. Donald Trump is funnier than Monty Python, says Terry Gilliam 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z In his spare time he liked to read Plato and Voltaire, which were on his Kindle when he died. The most awful kind of grief. The most beautiful memories. So long, son 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Enlightenment idols like Voltaire and Edward Gibbon were indebted to the same crowd. How European scholars first encountered the Arab world 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z To paraphrase Voltaire, if the Enlightenment didn’t exist, we would have to invent it. Review | Buck up, everyone! We are riding along the Enlightenment’s long path of progress 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Voltaire recognized back in the 18th century that, try to change the world and you will only make matters worse with its intractable dualities. L.A. Opera and a 'Candide' for all 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Much as Voltaire noted how the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, Mr. Musk's 'bold' plan is a load of hooey. Tesla’s Elon Musk May Have Boldest Pay Plan in Corporate History 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Based on Voltaire's novel parodying the 18th century notion of optimism in God's benevolence, it began as an operetta for Broadway written in collaboration with playwright Lillian Hellman. 'Candide' on the coast, Part 1: San Francisco finds a spiritual glow in Bernstein's music – LA Times 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Gibbon relied on Pococke and Sale to inform “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, though both he and Voltaire generally avoided making new arguments, instead pushing their less famous forerunners to the mainstream. How European scholars first encountered the Arab world 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Maxim Gorky, the “Soviet Voltaire,” gets dragged in by his lapels. Review | Stalin’s absurd arrest and execution of his devoted meteorologist 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Zambello hues to Voltaire as well, with a period production, but one fanciful enough to allow in a bit of Las Vegas. L.A. Opera and a 'Candide' for all 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z I read once where Voltaire drank 40 cups of coffee a day, and I thought: “That’s all?” Rain, rain, don't go away. It's good for this old soul 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Another wrote a book of maxims that influenced Nietzsche and Voltaire. Review | A French spy who risked his life in WWII for his nation and his family’s honor 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Sade, he added, was one of France’s most influential authors of the 18th century, alongside Voltaire and Diderot, and inspired the Surrealist movement in the 20th century. Halting Auction, France Designates Marquis de Sade Manuscript a ‘National Treasure’ 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z He is also happy to make the case that Voltaire could be slippery with the truth, at least about himself. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z His biblical bromides make Ned Flanders of “The Simpsons” sound like Voltaire. The vacuity of Mike Pence 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z “Illusion is the first of all pleasures,” Voltaire said. Opinion | Seeing Trump Through a Glass, Darkly 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z I'm still getting my sea legs, but the idea of rolling up my sleeves and, as Voltaire put it, cultivating my garden, is appealing for all kinds of reasons. Stardew Valley for Switch Is the Farming Game's Ideal Home 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z He gobbled up liberal ideas from a young age: in his twenties, he travelled to France and was exposed to writers like Rousseau and Voltaire. Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Poland’s all-American hero 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z A pamphlet in the goody bag handed out as the dinner guests left said that Voltaire’s fans revel in his productivity. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z That adaptation of Voltaire’s novel blurred the lines between musicals and opera, nowhere more notably than in Cunégonde’s long and funny “Glitter and Be Gay.” Barbara Cook, luminous singer of Broadway stage, dies at 89 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z They include Voltaire, the philosopher and author; Victor Hugo, the writer; and Jean Moulin, a leader of the French Resistance to the Nazis during World War II. Simone Veil to Be Laid to Rest in Panthéon, Among France’s Revered 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Among the other luminaries buried in the secular mausoleum are writers Voltaire, Victor Hugo and Émile Zola. French rights champion Simone Veil given coveted place in Panthéon 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Of a paragraph on Voltaire in CliffsNotes, he complained that the style was dated: “No one does biographical criticism any more. They haven’t since the 1970s.” It’s alright ma, I’m only cheating: did Bob Dylan crib his Nobel speech from SparkNotes? 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z He said Voltaire was so prolific because he was popular in his own time. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z The department received a call about 10:15 a.m. on Thursday from a person who found the animals in the receptacle on Voltaire Street near Froude Street. Hedgehogs found dumped and left to die in Ocean Beach trash can 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Not many people faithfully follow the axiom ascribed to the French luminary Voltaire: we should defend the freedom even of those whose ideas we find deeply wrong-headed. A pastor and a secularist publisher stand together for freedom 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z He taught us, to paraphrase “The Friends of Voltaire,” “I disagree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it.” Opinion | Alt-right members deserve gym memberships too 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Voltaire Williams, who was not related to the slain detective, had been convicted of conspiring to murder him, though he did not take part in the actual killing. Man convicted in 1988 killing of Inglewood cop to be set free over objections of family and law enforcement 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z “You have to give the public material,” Professor Cronk said with another laugh, this one about the idea of mentioning Voltaire in the same breath as the other two. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z A California parole board on Tuesday upheld the release of 54-year-old Voltaire Williams. Parole granted for plotter in LA policeman’s killing 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Voltaire Williams was not directly involved in the murder and he has no relationship to the slain detective, who was fatally shot while picking up his 6-year-old son from a Canoga Park school. Man convicted in plot to murder LAPD detective is granted parole, will be released in days 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z In the event he decided to write a pastiche of the 18th-century satirical novel – Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and Voltaire’s Candide being the most obvious influences. Howard Jacobson: ‘Trump in the White House – that must never feel normal’ 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, Voltaire Williams was granted parole after serving 27 years for his role in the 1985 shooting death of Los Angeles police Det. Man convicted in 1988 killing of Inglewood cop to be set free over objections of family and law enforcement 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Babies were usually christened the day after they were born, he said, so Voltaire’s birthday has long been given as Nov. 21, which would make this the 323rd anniversary of his birth. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z The Russian revolution of 1917 — as Voltaire once quipped of the Holy Roman Empire — was none of the above. Opinion | A revolution a century ago that still reverberates — right into the White House 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Jenkins recruited Voltaire Williams to kill the detective, but the plan was foiled when the detective did not show up where he was expected to. Man convicted in plot to murder LAPD detective is granted parole, will be released in days 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z The people who obsess over such things argue whether credit is due Benjamin Franklin, French philosopher Voltaire, and American psychologist George Kelly. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z In this account, Voltaire and Rousseau are mere vapor, rising from a steam engine as it races forward. Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Voltaire said his mother had gone there because she was pregnant, but not by her husband. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z “JUDGE a man by his questions, rather than his answers,” Voltaire advised. Alphabet’s Google is searching for its next hit 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The gunmen flee, but one goes into the nearby Comptoir Voltaire, a cafe. Paris: One Year On 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z The quality of mercy has been exalted by writers from Shakespeare to Voltaire. Syrian family’s journey from Isis jail to audience with the pope 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z The wind blows every which way in the world, and Voltaire’s last word to the windblown remains the right one. Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z And then there was another French intellectual, Jean Louis Dupain, who said he had heard Voltaire announce that he was Rochebrune’s son at a gathering attended by some of Voltaire’s relatives. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Voltaire---- "I may disagree with what YOU say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Megan Rapinoe’s Protest Leads to Division on and Off the Pitch 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z If one's ears need to be protected from vile, hate mongers, or whatever, then such ears are not ready for the likes of George Orwell, Voltaire,... University of Chicago Strikes Back Against Campus Political Correctness 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z After its birth at Cabaret Voltaire, in 1916, it spread to Berlin, Paris and New York, all the while fading slowly from Zurich’s memory. The Craziest Reason to Visit Zurich 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Voltaire was greedy, entrepreneurial, self-advancing; he was also altruistic, courageous, and generous. Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Professor Cronk said the truth was in the baptismal certificate, backed up by affidavits Voltaire signed later in life. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Voltaire wrote in 1772, “the best is the enemy of the good”, warning against the fallacy that something is worthless if it is not perfect — a sentiment that seems common in scientific peer review today. Scientific advances: Fallacy of perfection harms peer review : Nature : Nature Research 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Reeves and his team will restage an early Dada performance in Zurich's Cabaret Voltaire, where the movement first began. Vic Reeves to to recreate Dada performance on BBC Four - BBC News 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Voltaire was typical of the self-interested commoner who promoted commerce and liberty as an antidote to arbitrary authority and hierarchy. How Rousseau Predicted Trump 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z A fan of Voltaire will object that Mishra offers a comically partial picture of him, neglecting his brave championing of the fight against torture and religious persecution. Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z But in some letters Voltaire claimed to have been born on Feb. 20 — nine months earlier — and not in Paris, but in Chatenay-en-France, about 25 miles away. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z It reminded me of Voltaire writhing on the floor for three days trying to find the right word. Garry Marshall follows his heart 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Exactly how well the Voltaire works is a bit of an unknown though. Wi-Fi coffee grinder sorts the beans from the has-beens 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Voltaire, with whom Rousseau shared a long and violent animosity, caricatured him as a “tramp who would like to see the rich robbed by the poor, the better to establish the fraternal unity of man.” How Rousseau Predicted Trump 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Mishra’s Voltaire is a self-seeking capitalist entrepreneur, because, among other things, he established a watch factory at Ferney—as a refuge and asylum for persecuted Protestants. Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Philadelphia was where a more perfect union was formed, and founders like Benjamin Franklin knew Voltaire’s writings. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z In the 18th century, liberal thinkers such as Voltaire and Benjamin Franklin courageously advocated liberty in trade. Why the West (and the Rest) Got Rich 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z To quote Voltaire, he writes, “The supposed right of intolerance is absurd and barbaric.” EgyptAir flight with 66 on board lost over Mediterranean | The daily briefing 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Voltaire’s poem “Le Mondain” depicts its author as the owner of fine tapestries and silverware and an ornate carriage, revelling in Europe’s luxurious present and scorning its religious past. How Rousseau Predicted Trump 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z An easily overlooked aspect of Voltaire’s thought was the priority it gave, especially in his later life, to practice. Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Voltaire, who was dying, said, in English, the words “God” and “liberty” to Franklin and his grandson when they visited. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Voltaire famously defended the rights of his critics even as he passionately opposed their critiques. JK Rowling was right: free speech is for everyone, not just your friends | Andrew Solomon 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Catherine read Diderot, corresponded with Voltaire and engaged in myriad romances, including a long, volatile relationship with Prince Grigori Potemkin. The Romanovs: fascinating, odd and odious 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Exhorting the pursuit of luxury together with the freedom of speech, Voltaire and the others had articulated and embodied a mode of life in which individual freedom was achieved through increased wealth and intellectual sophistication. How Rousseau Predicted Trump 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z The Davos men are Voltaire’s children, a transnational and fatuously progressive élite; Trump and Brexit voters are Rousseau’s new peasant hordes, terrified of losing cultural continuity and clan comfort. Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z And sometimes, Professor Cronk said, Voltaire misled his public. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z “How does one achieve eternal bliss? By saying dada,” he proclaimed at the Cabaret Voltaire, the performance space founded by Ball and his fellow Dadaists. A Dadaist portrait of the man who invented Dada 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z In 1940, Dali completed his painting "Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire". Dali helps scientists crack our brain code - BBC News 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Rousseau was infuriated by the callousness of wealthy socialites like Voltaire. How Rousseau Predicted Trump 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z In this way, Mokyr’s vision of a revolution made by hand retrieves the best side of the Enlightenment, and Voltaire as he really was. Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Consider the most basic of facts, the date of Voltaire’s birth. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z The car was spotted at toll stops later that evening heading for Paris, where Brahim Abdeslam would detonate a suicide vest outside a bar on the Boulevard Voltaire during the Nov. 13 attacks. Belgian security official: Key Paris attack suspect arrested 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z But how do our brains then decide whether that is Voltaire - or two nuns? Dali helps scientists crack our brain code - BBC News 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Whereas Voltaire’s biggest foe was the Catholic Church, and religious faith in general, Rousseau, though critical of clerical authority, saw religion as safeguarding everyday morality and making the life of the poor tolerable. How Rousseau Predicted Trump 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Casting Voltaire as the apostle of fatuous utopian progressivism, Mishra curiously fails to note that he also wrote what remains the most famous of all attacks on fatuous utopian progressivism, “Candide.” Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Voltaire repeated the idea in 1769, writing to the duke of Richelieu, a close friend and an important figure in the court of Louis XV. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Diners first saw the young man pacing back and forth in front of the bistro’s awning on Rue Voltaire. A View of ISIS’s Evolution in New Details of Paris Attacks 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z And there at the heart of the image is Voltaire. Dali helps scientists crack our brain code - BBC News 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z And, unlike Voltaire, a top-down modernizer who saw despotic monarchs as likely allies of enlightened people, Rousseau looked forward to a world without them. How Rousseau Predicted Trump 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z He was known to hang around a Molenbeek cafe owned by his older brother, Brahim, who detonated a suicide vest on the Boulevard Voltaire on the night of the attacks. Key suspect in Paris attacks captured in Brussels raid; four others arrested 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Professor Cronk said there was “lots of innuendo” in their letters, and he said that Richelieu “seems to have believed that he himself was illegitimate, so Voltaire was perhaps suggesting they were soul mates.” Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z When the Anti-Criminal Brigade of France’s National Police arrived at the bistro, the Comptoir Voltaire, it found electrical wires in the bomber’s flesh. A View of ISIS’s Evolution in New Details of Paris Attacks 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said the deployment of missiles on Woody Island “increases tensions in the South China Sea,” the Associated Press reported. U.S. to have ‘very serious conversation’ with China over suspected South China Sea missile deployment 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Voltaire proved to be, as Nietzsche presciently wrote, the “representative of the victorious, ruling classes and their valuations,” while Rousseau looked like a sore loser. How Rousseau Predicted Trump 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said the deployment of missiles on Woody Island “increases tensions in the South China Sea.” China Plays Down Missile Deployment in the South China Sea 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z “His nieces protested, anxious no doubt to protect the virtue of their beloved aunt” — Voltaire’s mother, who had died when he was young. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z On February 5, Cabaret Voltaire will host a Dadaist centennial celebration, to be followed by rituals at dawn for 165 days, each in honor of a different artist. Dada: 100 Years Later 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z She says marchers after the attacks in Paris carried quotes by Voltaire. Oxford marks Hebdo attack with Voltaire - BBC News 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z To paraphrase Voltaire, we can’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” What does the Paris Agreement mean for the world's other 8 million species? 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z His brother, Ibrahim, blew himself up with a suicide vest outside a cafe on Paris’ Boulevard Voltaire. Bands of Brothers: The Worrying Potency of an ISIS Terror Cell 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Talking about himself in the third person, he wrote: “Some maintain that François de Voltaire was born in February, and others in November. We have medals of him that bear both dates.” Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z On the night of February 5, 1916, at Cabaret Voltaire, a half dozen wild-eyed young bohemians staged the first Dadaist performance before a bewildered crowd. Dada: 100 Years Later 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Academics at Oxford University are using Voltaire and other historical defenders of free speech to mark the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris. Oxford marks Hebdo attack with Voltaire - BBC News 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z A bomber detonated his bomb belt at the Comptoir Voltaire restaurant, killing only himself. Islamic State’s Paris attackers as inept as they were skilled killers 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Sitting at home, in Brooklyn, on the evening of Friday, November 13th, I felt, at times, like I was on Boulevard Voltaire. Terrorism in the Age of Twitter 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Voltaire was the cause — or, more precisely, the cause was a scholarly project to publish everything that he wrote, which was a lot. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Cabaret Voltaire was turned into a bingo parlor in the 1920s and a series of pubs in the 1980s, enjoying a strange half-life among Dadaism’s admirers as a shrine. Dada: 100 Years Later 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z A stretch of Boulevard Voltaire and the Passage St. Pierre Amelot that runs along the side of the concert hall is closed off to the public by police tape. The Shrines on Boulevard Voltaire 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Salah Abdeslam's brother died after he set off his explosives-laden suicide belt near a Paris cafe on Boulevard Voltaire, investigators say. Paris attacks: Who were the attackers? - BBC News 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Another sales clerk at Zadig & Voltaire has faith France will pull through. How the Paris Attacks Have Hurt the French Economy 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z His name is Nicholas Cronk, and he is happy to defend to the death Voltaire’s right to confuse us all. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z “The spirit of Dada re-emerges in the puberty of every artistic generation,” explains Adrian Notz, director of Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, where Dada was born. Dada: 100 Years Later 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z In the land of Voltaire, on the boulevard named for him, a general absence of religious belief hardly detracts from the seriousness of the shrines; why bend to a God that permits such carnage? The Shrines on Boulevard Voltaire 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Following the explosion at Paris’s Comptoir Voltaire cafe — part of a series of terrorist attacks on Nov. 13 — a nurse named David was quick to help the wounded people around him. Paris Nurse Discovered Man He Was Trying to Save Was a Suicide Bomber 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z David, 46, who works at a Paris hospital, knows the Comptoir Voltaire well, living in the neighborhood. Exclusive: In Paris attack, nurse discovers the man he tried to save was bomber 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Professor Cronk is the director of the Voltaire Foundation at Oxford University, which is issuing “The Oxford Complete Works of Voltaire,” the first exhaustive annotated edition of Voltaire’s writings — novels, plays, letters. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z In the chaos of the explosion at the Comptoir Voltaire cafe, one of several targets hit in the Paris attacks, nurse David instinctively sought to help the wounded. Nurse discovers man he tried to save was Paris attacks bomber 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The space across the road in Boulevard Voltaire has become a soggy shrine. Paris attacks: capital's youth vow not to lose their joie de vivre 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Another man in a suicide vest had walked into a bar on Boulevard Voltaire in the east of the city, then blown himself up, injuring a waitress. 'It looked like a battlefield': the full story of what happened in the Bataclan 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z In the chaos of the explosion at the Comptoir Voltaire cafe, one of several targets hit in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, nurse David instinctively sought to help the wounded. Exclusive: In Paris attack, nurse discovers the man he tried to save was bomber 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z That is not the only thing about the popular conception of Voltaire that was fake. Studying Fake News About Voltaire, Spread by Voltaire Himself 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z David, 46, who works at a Paris hospital, knows the Comptoir Voltaire well, living in the neighbourhood. Nurse discovers man he tried to save was Paris attacks bomber 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The garden across the road in Boulevard Voltaire has become a soggy shrine. Paris attacks: woman killed in St-Denis raid 'did not blow herself up' 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Abdeslam, the brother of the man police named as the Comptoir Voltaire suicide bomber, is wanted by French police in connection with the attacks. Paris attacks: Germany on alert after 'concrete' threat to attack Hanover stadium – as it happened 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The Bataclan in Paris cuts an eerie presence on the Boulevard Voltaire right now. Le Bataclan – a venue whose history had always been one of joy 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z DEAD: Blew himself up outside the Comptoir Voltaire café on Boulevard Voltaire in eastern Paris on Friday night, where there were no victims. Mastermind of Paris Attacks Identified Amid a Night of Raids in France 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z A suicide bomber detonated an explosives device identical to those of the first two suicide bombers inside the Comptoir Voltaire restaurant, seriously wounding one person. Three Hours of Terror in Paris, Moment by Moment 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The garden across the road in Boulevard Voltaire has become a soggy shrine. Paris attacks: woman killed in St-Denis raid 'did not blow herself up' 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Abdeslam, the brother of the man police named as the Comptoir Voltaire suicide bomber, is wanted by French police in connection with the attacks. Paris attacks: Germany on alert after 'concrete' threat to attack Hanover stadium – as it happened 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z He detonated his explosive vest at the Comptoir Voltaire cafe, seriously injuring a bystander and killing himself. Paris terror attacks: Obama defends Isis strategy – as it happened 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z At that moment, a suicide bomber detonates his vest further down Boulevard Voltaire. How a Night of Horror Unfolded in Paris 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Around 2140 - A suicide bomber kills himself inside the restaurant "Le Comptoir Voltaire" on boulevard Voltaire, also in the 11th district, injuring one person severely. Timeline of Paris attacks according to public prosecutor 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Four minutes later, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside Cafe Comptoir Voltaire, a restaurant on the popular Boulevard Voltaire, with a red awning advertising “cuisine traditionnelle.” In Paris, a soccer game, an Asian dinner, a concert — and then terror 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z By midnight, he was riding his bike to Boulevard Voltaire, where 89 people were killed inside the Bataclan concert hall. Photographing the Aftermath of Paris' Terror Attacks 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Boulevard Voltaire attacker Ibrahim Abdeslam, also reported as Brahim Abdeslam, 31, one of three brothers believed to be involved, was identified by prosecutors as the man who rented a Seat car used in the attacks. Paris terror attacks: Obama defends Isis strategy – as it happened 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z One person was seriously injured when a suicide explosive, similar to those used in the other attacks, was detonated inside the Voltaire restaurant in Boulevard Voltaire, 11th district. Paris attacks: French terrorist named as vigils held around world – as it happened 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Another assailant detonated a suicide bomb on Boulevard Voltaire, near the music hall, the prosecutor’s office said. Belgian police arrest 3; Eiffel Tower goes dark as France mourns 129 dead 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Another attacker detonated a suicide bomb on Boulevard Voltaire, near the music hall, the prosecutor’s office said. Police Hunt Accomplices After More Than 120 Killed in Paris Attacks 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z The club is on Boulevard Voltaire, in a trendy neighborhood at the intersection of the 10th, 11th and 3rd arrondissements, or city districts. A stadium, a concert hall, cafes on a Friday night _ a look at the attacks across Paris 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Boulevard Voltaire attacker Ibrahim Abdeslam, also reported as Brahim Abdeslam, 31, one of three brothers believed to be involved, was identified by prosecutors as the man who rented a Seat car used in the attacks. Paris terror attacks: Obama defends Isis strategy – as it happened 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z One person was seriously injured when a suicide explosive, similar to those used in the other attacks, was detonated inside the Voltaire restaurant in Boulevard Voltaire, 11th district. Paris attacks: French terrorist named as vigils held around world – as it happened 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Table No 5 - which is owned by a woman - made the meme a central joke of its page, posting a chart comparing girlfriends and sandwiches, and made-up quotes from the likes of Voltaire and Yoda. Pakistan sandwich cafe under fire over 'misogynistic' posts - BBC News 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z But, to paraphrase a well-known biographer of Voltaire, although I may disagree with your offensive outfit, I nonetheless support your right to be offensive. Princeton Student: We Have a Right to Be Offensive 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z He followed up with tracks by Cabaret Voltaire, Skinny Puppy, Mica Levi and David Lynch, maintaining a dark but gently chaotic mood. Field Notes: Richard Chartier's Procedure night, the DJs' playground 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z He detonated his explosive vest at the Comptoir Voltaire cafe, seriously injuring a bystander and killing himself. Paris terror attacks: Obama defends Isis strategy – as it happened 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z With the help of this international cohort of data enthusiasts, Genius’s aim—one worthy of Age of Enlightenment sages like Diderot and Voltaire—is to annotate the entire Internet. Start-Up Genius Wants to Annotate the Internet 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z "Behind every successful man is a woman who made sandwiches for him," Voltaire is quoted as saying. Pakistan sandwich cafe under fire over 'misogynistic' posts - BBC News 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Once a place that Western thinkers like Voltaire admired for its inventions and ideas, it became a place that forgot its traditions and only sought answers in foreign creeds. The 'Chinese Dream' Is Nothing Like the American One 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Voltaire’s point was not that optimism about mankind’s fate is false. Why We Keep Studying the Holocaust 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z In the words of the French philosopher Voltaire, “Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.” With all the problems in the world, the future looks grim for wildlife 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z President Xi himself is a ferocious reader familiar with the works of Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau. The Rising Anti-Intellectualism In China: Part II 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Or go right back to the origins of performance at the Cabaret Voltaire in 1916 when the Dadaist poet Hugo Ball babbled inchoately at the nighthawks of Zurich. Bank robbery as performance art? Why a thief may have made a masterpiece 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z It is true that during the 17th and 18th centuries, the French monarchy imprisoned hundreds of supposedly seditious writers — including, most famously, Voltaire — in the large, sinister fortress that loomed over eastern Paris. 5 myths about the French Revolution 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z But Dr. Pangloss, Voltaire’s fatuously optimistic philosopher, is an unfairly reviled man. Why We Keep Studying the Holocaust 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," a quote usually misattributed to Voltaire, makes periodic appearances on Voat. Welcome to Voat: Reddit killer, troll haven, and the strange face of internet free speech 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z But I also decided — as Voltaire does in “Candide” — that one must tend to one’s own garden. The Toxic Legacy of Lead Paint 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Voltaire famously quipped: “I pray God deliver me from my friends. I will defend myself from my enemies.” California Editorial Roundup 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Voltaire pioneered the technique 2 1 / 2 centuries ago, depicting a government of refined Confucian deists in counterpoint to the barbarities and superstitions of Europe. For American pundits, China isn’t a country. It’s a fantasyland. 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin told reporters he will meet with U.S. Aquino: Philippines to fly usual routes over disputed reefs 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z It’s also scathing about organised religion and politicians and it might not be to your taste – but that’s when you should remember your Voltaire. Ian McEwan to Grads: Defend Free Speech 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z There's that Voltaire quote, "Perfect is the enemy of good." Moby maps his road to veganism 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z And Voltaire’s biographer argued that he would defend, “to the death,” one’s right to say things with which he did not agree. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z In Voltaire’s era, perhaps a few hundred Europeans had spent time in China, and the country was an arduous, months-long journey away. For American pundits, China isn’t a country. It’s a fantasyland. 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z I’d save Voltaire for the philosopher’s reading list and substitute Owen Gingerich’s The Book Nobody Read, on the history of Copernicus and the book that launched the scientific revolution. Top 13 Science Books For The General Reader: Why Stop There? 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z When he visited France, he mentioned that he had read Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Saint-Simon, Fourier, Sartre, and twelve others. Rise of the Red Prince 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Fair-skinned and clean-shaven, he goes about his rounds listening to classical music; a copy of Voltaire’s “Treatise on Tolerance” is nestled on his desk. French Muslims caught between Islamophobia and extremism 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z The night before, while leading half a dozen of his students through a discussion of Voltaire’s “Candide,” they peppered him with questions. Sweet Briar’s Imminent Closing Stirs Small Uprising in a College Idyll 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Like Voltaire’s mandarins or the happy peasants of Maoist propaganda, they cease to be real people and become perfect puppets deployed for rhetorical ends. For American pundits, China isn’t a country. It’s a fantasyland. 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z “Bill Clinton is a good guy and well-intentioned, but the people here don’t think so — they think he’s here making money,” said Leslie Voltaire, a former government official who worked with Clinton on post-earthquake reconstruction. How the Clintons’ Haiti development plans succeed — and disappoint 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z “To play Voltaire in the 21st century is irresponsible.” Old Tradition of Secularism Clashes With France’s New Reality 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” is commonly attributed to French philosopher Voltaire and epitomizes the concept of free speech. The meaning of free speech 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z It is a principle we have been fighting for since the time of Rousseau and Voltaire, one that is deeply embedded in civil society. Flocking to Buy Charlie Hebdo, Citizens Signal Their Support of Free Speech 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z The French terrorists were born in France but were marinated in Wahhabi-Salafi thought through the Web and local mosques — not Voltaire. We need another giant protest 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z “That is the voice of the Enlightenment, of Voltaire,” Mr. Johnson wrote for The Telegraph. Ahmed Aboutaleb, Rotterdam mayor, tells Islamists to ‘f– off’ on live TV 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Participants purposely marched down the Boulevard Voltaire, the nom de plume of the philosopher of the French Enlightenment who advocated religious tolerance and freedom of expression. Hundreds of thousands turn out at Paris solidarity rally 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z I think it was the French writer Voltaire who said something like 'I may not agree with what you say but I will fight for your right to say it'. Religious Bias Issues Debated After Atlanta Mayor’s Dismissal of Fire Chief 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z The leaders marched down Voltaire Boulevard — named for the Enlightenment-era figure who symbolizes France's attachment to freedom of expression. 'Unprecedented' rally is largest in France's history, officials say 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Voltaire wrote about this hundreds of years ago and, as usual, he said it best. Charlie Hebdo and the true power of the pen 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z He turns to Voltaire, who is something of a patron saint in France because of his lifelong campaigning for free speech and tolerance. Weekendish: The best of the week's reads 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Voltaire himself, informed of his reader's fate, was appalled. The battle for free speech 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z And without electric light, Voltaire says, "the day ends at 6PM." Can solar-powered lanterns replace dirty kerosene in the developing world? 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z One marcher bore a banner with Voltaire's famed pledge: "I do not agree with what you say, but I will fight to the death to defend your right to say it." 'Unprecedented' rally is largest in France's history, officials say 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Leibniz's idea was roundly scorned as unscientific wishful thinking, most notably by French author Voltaire in his magnum opus, Candide. Planets More Habitable Than Earth May Be Common in Our Galaxy 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z For Voltaire, the infamous referred to the pretensions of authority - in politics as well as religion. Weekendish: The best of the week's reads 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Voltaire, with his mocking smile, still serves as their patron saint. The battle for free speech 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z In September, Voltaire traveled to back to Haiti. Can solar-powered lanterns replace dirty kerosene in the developing world? 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z And one may be as anti-clerical as Voltaire and still be nauseated by the pointless murder of the Church hostages. Fighting Over the Paris Commune | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z It was Voltaire who said that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. Is IS on an inevitable path to destruction? 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Alongside a few words from French philosopher Voltaire, she shares that message with new detectives and police officers - hoping one day they find a new lead to follow. Police still have questions about 1974 slayings 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z The values of free speech and toleration for which Voltaire campaigned all his life have become enshrined as the very embodiment of what Europeans, as a rule, most prize about their own civilisation. The battle for free speech 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z On this logic, to oppose technological innovation is tantamount to defaulting on the ideals of the Enlightenment: Larry Page and Mark Zuckerberg are simply the new Diderot and Voltaire – reborn as nerdy entrepreneurs. When Wall Street and Silicon Valley come together – a cautionary tale 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z An ungainly specter holding a mask murmured in my left ear the words of Voltaire, “Illusion is the first of all pleasures.” Living with Cancer: Hiding Under a Wig? 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z If variolation had been more widely practiced in France, Voltaire wrote, “twenty thousand persons whom the smallpox swept away at Paris in 1723 would have been alive at this time.” Eula Biss Wants Us to Rethink Vaccines 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z But, Hall was not actually quoting Voltaire but rather describing his attitude. How We All Got It Wrong: Women Were Behind These 7 Famously Inspiring Quotes 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Mingled among the ashes were those of a book that had been found in La Barre's study, and consigned to the flames alongside his corpse - the Philosophical Dictionary of the notorious philosopher, Voltaire. The battle for free speech 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Thirty-two other members of the Philippines contingent, whose position about two miles south of the village of Burayqah had also been encircled by Islamist fighters, were "extricated," according to Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin. U.N. troops clash with Syrian rebels near Golan; some flee into Israel 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Philippine peacekeepers at one U.N. encampment were attacked, but those at another were “extricated,” Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin told reporters in a series of text messages, adding that the attack started early Saturday Syrian time. AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Voltaire wrote “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” 3 Imperfect Ways To Lower Corporate Taxes And Increase American Jobs 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Still though, decades later, the quote still seems to stick to Voltaire. How We All Got It Wrong: Women Were Behind These 7 Famously Inspiring Quotes 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Perhaps, as Voltaire remarked, history is only a pack of lies that the living play on the dead. What Historians Get Wrong About World War I 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z The narrator of the story is, as he says, like Voltaire in the court of Frederick the Great—both participating in the debauchery and sitting in judgment, or at least observation, of it. This Week in Fiction: Greg Jackson 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Sheffield has a history of avant-garde electronic pop music with groups such as Cabaret Voltaire and Clock DVA. Cult music heroes: artists on their unsung idols 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z At a briefing last month, Voltaire Gazmin, the Philippine defense minister, said land reclamation work at Johnson South Reef started in February. China Builds Artificial Islands in South China Sea 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z This is how seven famously inspiring quotes came to be attributed to Edison and the likes of Emerson, Twain, Voltaire, Vonnegut and Kafka when these were originally conceived, or written by, women: How We All Got It Wrong: Women Were Behind These 7 Famously Inspiring Quotes 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z “What Japan is doing is being sympathetic to us, at the same time it’s also protecting its own interests, which is the Senkaku islands,” Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said in an interview in Manila. Amid Asian feuds, Japan seeks bigger security role 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Woolf was a liberal intellectual - he travelled out with the complete works of Voltaire in his luggage, in 70 volumes - and he was not enamoured of the white colonial society he found himself in. Bloomsbury's forgotten novel 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Whether the positioning of this hand just above the constellation Scorpio was related to the fact that her beloved Voltaire was born under that particular sign is up for debate. 15 Works of Art Depicting Women in Science 2014-03-07T21:00:00Z Of the 73 people buried there, 71 are men and include figures like the philosophers Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as Louis Braille, who invented a system of reading for the blind. French President Honors Two Women With Historic Distinction 2014-02-21T19:18:53Z Voltaire forgave him all injuries, intentional or unintentional. How We All Got It Wrong: Women Were Behind These 7 Famously Inspiring Quotes 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z French authors routinely appear in the English-speaking world's lists of the best novels ever - Voltaire, Flaubert, and Proust… sometimes Dumas and Hugo too. Why don't French books sell abroad? 2013-12-09T00:03:03Z Mr Chenais, who comes from Ferney Voltaire, a village in eastern France north of the Swiss city of Geneva, had been due to return from Chicago in October. Eurostar bars obese Frenchman 2013-11-20T13:14:15Z Or would he find "the best of all possible worlds" like Voltaire's Candide? David Beckham inspires philosophy 2013-10-23T02:33:58Z Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said only a handful of rebels remained in hiding and were now being hunted. Philippines siege hostages rescued 2013-09-28T07:13:22Z With the quote marks, it easy to see how the words eventually came to be attributed to Voltaire. How We All Got It Wrong: Women Were Behind These 7 Famously Inspiring Quotes 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Separately to Li's comments, Philippines Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin accused China of violating the informal DoC by building new structures in the Scarborough Shoal, part of the area disputed by Beijing and Manila. China wants South China Sea solution but Manila sees worrying signs 2013-09-03T07:44:06Z He died in the Parisian house where the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire once lived, the publisher said in a statement. Jacques Vergès, Defender of War Criminals and Terrorists, Dies at 88 2013-08-16T07:50:45Z Dr Martin sees Beckham as having taken a similar journey to Voltaire's Candide, who starts out as the ultimate optimist but is forced by life to take a more complex view. David Beckham inspires philosophy 2013-10-23T02:33:58Z Located on the bank of the Seine, the mansion was once home to the philosopher Voltaire. Day in pictures: 10 July 2013 2013-07-10T12:09:14Z In 1934 the quote entered popular culture when it was misattributed to Voltaire in the “Quotable Quotes” section of the Readers Digest. How We All Got It Wrong: Women Were Behind These 7 Famously Inspiring Quotes 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Located on the World Heritage-listed bank of the Seine, the mansion was once home to the philosopher Voltaire. Fire damages landmark Paris mansion 2013-07-10T09:47:03Z The defense minister of the Philippines, Voltaire Gazmin, also noted a shift. Analysis: China turns on the charm at regional security forum 2013-06-02T08:40:24Z One of the reasons why Steve Jobs was so remarkable as a company boss is that he was the exception that proved Voltaire's rule. Do autonomous cars need to cost so much? 2013-06-01T23:04:09Z He went on to invoke Curie, Pasteur, Einstein, Voltaire and Whitman, “who walked these streets.” Character Study: Jim Chodan Gives Lessons in Driving, and in Life 2013-04-20T02:16:14Z Uk merely fulfilled the prophecy of your Voltaire where democracy merely encourages policies of selfishness & self gain. Margaret Thatcher: A cut above the rest 2013-04-08T16:13:04Z Measuring the ‘Quality’ of Health Care "In his writings, an Italian sage says that the best is the enemy of the good," wrote Voltaire. Today's Economist: Uwe E. Reinhardt: Measuring the 'Quality' of Health Care 2013-02-01T11:00:55Z Three centuries ago The Orphan of Zhao became the first Chinese play translated in the west and in 1753 Voltaire wrote an adaptation. 'Chinese Hamlet' comes to RSC 2012-11-08T01:34:22Z |
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