作者	（法）伏尔泰著
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出版时间	2003-05-01

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ThiseditionofVoltaire`spoliticalwritingspresentsabroadselectionofhismostinterestingandcontroversialtexts,manyofwhichhavenotpreviouslybeentranslatedintoEnglish.Theyrangeoverthethemesofthenatureandlegitimacyofpoliticalpower,lawandthesocialorder,crimeandpunishment,libertyandhumanity,warandpeace,andthegrowingdisorderintheFrencheconomy,aswellastouchingonspecificissuesandeventsinpre-RevolutionaryFrancetowhichVoltairerespondedandinwhichhewascloselyinvolved,includingtheSevenYears`s　WarandrelationswithFrederichII,theGenevanquarrelsofthe1760s,andthesensationaltrialsofJeanCalas,SirvenandtheChevalierDeLaBarre.Acomprehensiveintroductionexplorsthebackgroundtothesetexts,whichtogetherreflectthefullrangeofVoltair`sresponsestothemostsignificantissuesofhistime.