Open to reason

Title: Open to Reason

Writer: Paul Frentrop

Binding: Paperback

EAN: 9789044639612

Condition: Fair

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Description:
This work is intended as a coat of arms for those who fight with words. It is a tribute to Voltaire who in 1764 with his Dictionnaire philosophique portatif fought the religious fanatics who were in charge at the time. Freedom of speech did not yet exist and criticizing was extremely dangerous. Voltaire's little dictionary did not deal with difficult philosophical terms, but was the form in which he could offer the general public his commentary on important matters: Voltaire put reason in alphabetical order; an idea he had picked up in the Netherlands. With this edition, the philosophical dictionary returns to its native country, where political correctness weighs heavily on public debate and many, despite their increasingly 'higher' level of education, are still in intellectual confusion. Following in the footsteps of Voltaire, Frentrop offers his readers a glimpse of the truth by means of alphabetically arranged entries. Paul Frentrop (1954) was a journalist, banker, professor and party chairman. He is now calm. Previously published by him are Women's Logic (2002), Men's Logic (2005), Against Idealism (2007) and The Year 1759. A Cross-Section of the Enlightenment (2014). 'People think I "stand up to everything." That's the term. Oh, if people knew how many things I hold sacred.' Multatuli 'We don't always have to treat a subject so exhaustively that there is nothing left for the reader to do. The point is not to encourage reading, but to encourage thinking.' Montesquieu