Passionate Minds: Émilie du Châtelet, Voltaire, and the Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment

2008-11-06 19:34 UTC

Some time ago this podcast (by my favorite interviewer Moira Gunn) inspired me to read Passionate Minds: Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire, and the Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment.

Excerpt from Wikipedia: “Passionate Minds: The Great Enlightenment Love Affair is a book by author David Bodanis. Written in the form of a novel, the book deals with the life and love of Voltaire and his mistress, scientist Émilie du Châtelet. It also discusses the theories they propounded about life, theology and the nature of the universe. The story was written with the aid of historic letters of correspondence between Émilie and Voltaire, as well as between several other prominent figures of the Enlightenment.”

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