In this Treatise on Tolerance, Voltaire calls for tolerance between religions and targets religious fanaticism (especially that of the Jesuits where he studied brilliantly as a young man) and presents an indictment against superstitions attached to religions .
This text aims at the rehabilitation of Jean Calas, a Protestant falsely accused and executed for having murdered his son in order to prevent the latter from converting to Catholicism.
This text aims at the rehabilitation of Jean Calas, a Protestant falsely accused and executed for having murdered his son in order to prevent the latter from converting to Catholicism.
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