The private life of Voltaire and Marie-Louise Denis: the stuff of (epistolary) fiction — Voltaire Foundation

Voltaire’s private life is still something of a puzzle: he invested so much energy in creating his public image that it is hard to know who there is behind the mask, or masks. There are biographies of Voltaire aplenty – but could we write a biography of François-Marie Arouet? Voltaire’s immensely rich correspondence might seem […]Continue reading “The private life of Voltaire and Marie-Louise Denis: the stuff of (epistolary) fiction — Voltaire Foundation”

Spinoza and Modern Psychology — Thoughts of a Nation

Short Biography and Background                Baruch Spinoza was originally born in 1632 in Amsterdam, which was an area renowned for its religious freedom. Spinoza was born into a family that possessed economic means that presented him with a reasonably comfortable upbringing and childhood, until he reached the age of 17. At the age of 17, […]Continue reading “Spinoza and Modern Psychology — Thoughts of a Nation”