Tag: Voltaire

The Partially Examined Life: Candide by Voltaire and No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

Jesse Willis

The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy podcast by “some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it.” I started following it after SFFaudio Podcast #115 when Anne, from… Read moreThe Partially Examined Life: Candide by Voltaire and No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

Never Bet The Devil Your Head by Edgar Allan Poe

Jesse Willis

Never Bet The Devil Your Head was written by Edgar Allan Poe to mock his critics. It’s wit is as sharp as Voltaire’s Candide and it’s smirk is as wide as Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court,… Read moreNever Bet The Devil Your Head by Edgar Allan Poe

Printable PDFs Posted

Jesse Willis

I’ve created a PDF Page, that is a page full of printable PDFs. Most are short stories, most are in the public domain (in most places). There are more than fifty PDFs there. All ready for download and printing. Now… Read morePrintable PDFs Posted

The Dog And The Horse by Voltaire

Jesse Willis

One of the earliest detectives in history, or at least the history of literature, is Zadig. Zadig is the main character of Voltaire’s philosophical novel Zadig; Or The Book Of Fate – An Oriental History. I stumbled across it’s existence… Read moreThe Dog And The Horse by Voltaire