The age of Voltaire : a history of civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with special emphasis on the conflict between religion and philosophy / by Will and Ariel Durant.

Notes: pp. 811-836; index: pp. 837-898

Cont.: France: the regency, 1715-23 -- England: 1714-56 -- The people -- The rulers -- Religion and philosophy -- Literature and the stage -- Art and music -- France: 1723-56 -- The people and the state -- Morals and manners -- The worship of beauty -- The play of the mind -- Voltaire in France: 1729-50 -- Middle Europe: 1713-56 -- The Germany of Bach -- Frederick the Great and Maria Theresa -- Switzerland and Voltaire -- The advancement of learning 1715-89 -- The scholars -- The scientific advance -- Medicine -- The attack upon Christianity 1730-74 -- The atheists -- Diderot and the Encyclopédie: 1713-68 -- Diderot Proteus: 1758-74 -- Voltaire and Christianity: 1734-78 -- The triumph of the philosophes: 1715-89.