Alan Charles Kors: Voltaire’s 'Philosophical Letters,' Part I

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Excellent lecture. Much appreciation for the coming together of such bright minds.

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Some great words - "politicians and conquerors are nothing more than illustrious villains", "we owe respect to those who influence the mind through truth, not to those who make slaves of men by violence, and to those who understand the universe not to those who disfigure it". This reading has inspired me today. Indeed Isaac Newton was a true giant of intellectual thought, a great master of mathematics and physics.

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What piece of music is in the intro?

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Sounds like Bach piano music - for example 'preludes' and 'fugues' - it might be something like "Well-Tempered Clavier" or "Goldberg Variations" - he has a vast number of works.

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Bach: Tocatta and Fugue in d minor on piano. He gave the name of pianist but I cannot recall.

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Pretty sure Voltaire was a pedophile

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