Ep. 27 - Alan Charles Kors: Voltaire’s ‘Philosophical Letters,’ Part II
The Ralston College Podcast
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Voltaire's Admiration of the Quakers and of Philadelphia
Allan: For voltaire, as socinians, they are a step toward the world that he would like to see. He admires most that william penn in pennsylvania. Religious toleration is an extraordinary thing,. In the early eighteenth century, it is seen as indifference. It is seen as contempt for god, contempt for your fellow creatures. And so these are steps toward knowledge of god, without priests, out hierarchy, above all, religious toleration.
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