Enlightenment's Most Dangerous Mind | Voltaire's Complete Philosophy Explained

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