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Philosophize This!
The podcast host discussed Voltaire's book, describing it as a series of letters offering insights into English culture and its differences from France, particularly in religious tolerance. It was presented as a framework for French revolutionaries.
it's called Letters Concerning the English Nation.
— Episode: Episode #040 ... Superstition
Episode: Episode #040 ... Superstition
The podcast host discussed Voltaire's book, describing it as a series of letters offering insights into English culture and its differences from France, particularly in religious tolerance. It was presented as a framework for French revolutionaries.
it's called Letters Concerning the English Nation.
Look, don't don't read these letters concerning the English nation expecting me to tell you how beautiful Stonehenge is, or, you know, other various sightseeing excursions that you'd go on if you went there physically.
He was in England, finding and recording the great things about the English nation to give the revolutionaries in France, a sort of framework to work from when they were designing what the country would look like after their revolution.