The Works of Voltaire, Vol. IV of XLIII. Romances, Vol. III of III, and A Treatise on Toleration.
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THE WORKS OF VOLTAIRE, VOLUME 4 of 43; Romances III, with A Treatise on Toleration.
Contents
List of Plates, Volume IV.
André Des Touches in Siam.
The Blind As Judges of Color.
The Clergyman and His Soul.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II. THE STUDY OF NATURE.
CHAPTER III. GOOD ADVICE.
CHAPTER IV. DIALOGUE UPON THE SOUL AND OTHER TOPICS.
A Conversation With a Chinese.
Memnon the Philosopher.
Plato’s Dream.
An Adventure in India.
Bababec.
Ancient Faith and Fable.
The Two Comforters.
A Dialogue Between Marcus Aurelius and A Recollet Friar.
Dialogue Between a Brahmin And a Jesuit, on Necessity and Free-will, and the General Concatenation of Causes and Effects.
Dialogues Between Lucretius and Posidonius.
FIRST COLLOQUY.
SECOND COLLOQUY.
Dialogue Between a Client and His Lawyer.
Dialogue Between Madame de Maintenon and Mademoiselle de l’Enclos.
Dialogue Between a Savage And a Bachelor of Arts.
A Treatise on Toleration.
CHAPTER I.A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF JOHN CALAS.
CHAPTER II.CONSEQUENCES OF THE EXECUTION OF JOHN CALAS.
CHAPTER III.A SKETCH OF THE REFORMATION IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER IV.WHETHER TOLERATION IS DANGEROUS, AND AMONG WHAT NATIONS IT IS PRACTISED.
CHAPTER V.IN WHAT CASES TOLERATION MAY BE ADMITTED.
CHAPTER VI.IF NON-TOLERATION IS AGREEABLE TO THE LAW OF NATURE AND OF SOCIETY.
CHAPTER VII.IF NON-TOLERATION WAS KNOWN AMONG THE GREEKS.
CHAPTER VIII.WHETHER THE ROMANS ENCOURAGED TOLERATION.
CHAPTER IX. MARTYRS.
CHAPTER X.THE DANGER OF FALSE LEGENDS AND PERSECUTION.
CHAPTER XI.ILL CONSEQUENCES OF NON-TOLERATION.
CHAPTER XII.IF NON-TOLERATION WAS PART OF THE DIVINE LAW AMONG THE JEWS, AND WHETHER IT WAS ALWAYS PUT IN PRACTICE.
CHAPTER XIII.THE GREAT TOLERATION EXERCISED AMONG THE JEWS.
CHAPTER XIV.IF NON-TOLERATION WAS TAUGHT BY CHRIST.
CHAPTER XV.TESTIMONIES AGAINST PERSECUTION.
CHAPTER XVI.A CONVERSATION BETWEEN A DYING MAN AND ONE IN GOOD HEALTH.
CHAPTER XVII.A LETTER FROM A BENEFICED PRIEST TO FATHER LETELLIER, THE JESUIT, DATED THE 6th OF MAY, 1714.
CHAPTER XVIII.THE ONLY CASES IN WHICH NON-TOLERATION MAKES PART OF THE HUMAN LAW.
CHAPTER XIX.ACCOUNT OF A CONTROVERSIAL DISPUTE WHICH HAPPENED IN CHINA.
CHAPTER XX.WHETHER IT IS OF SERVICE TO INDULGE THE PEOPLE IN SUPERSTITION.
CHAPTER XXI. VIRTUE IS BETTER THAN LEARNING.
CHAPTER XXII. OF UNIVERSAL TOLERATION.
CHAPTER XXIII. AN ADDRESS TO THE DEITY.
CHAPTER XXIV. POSTSCRIPT.
CHAPTER XXV. SEQUEL AND CONCLUSION.
FOOTNOTES TO A TREATISE ON TOLERATION
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