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Der afrikanische Sklavenhandel und seine Abhülfe (The African Slave Trade and its Remedy)
How to Defeat the Evil of Slavery
Sometimes the world changes for the better, at least a little bit. This happens whenever brave people realise that only because something has been done for centuries doesn’t make it right. But how is it possible to make a lasting change?
L’Alcoran de Mahomet traduit d’Arabe en François, par le Sieur du Ryer, Sieur de la Garde Malezair
How Europe Learned about the Quran
Centuries-old prejudices against Islam were softened when a French diplomat translated the Quran into his native language in 1647. Soon, many European intellectuals were studying the text. They learned that the faith that had been demonized for so long was on a par with Christianity – a revelation that was a milestone for the Enlightenment. But why was a French diplomat, of all people, the first to translate the Quran into a modern language?
Staats-Frag, wo man untersucht, ob die Ordensgeistliche[n], welche Einkünften haben, dem Staat nützlich oder schädlich sind
How Do You Feel About Religion?
Voltaire used the judicial murder of the French Protestant Jean Calas in order to persuade intellectuals throughout Europe to follow his line of uncompromising tolerance. However, some fell victim to this campaign. We present the book of one of those victims.
De quatuor summis imperiis libri tres
World History in Four Empires
World history is the succession of four great empires. This view was widely accepted until the 18th century and is based on a vision of the prophet Daniel. Nobody canonized this worldview as effectively as the Reformation scholar Johannes Sleidanus did.
Gründliches mythologisches Lexicon
Who With Whom and What With Where: Hederich’s “Mythologisches Lexicon”
In the world of ancient mythology it’s easy to get confused – with all the divine epithets and family relationships. Even Goethe and Schiller had that problem. To find out what they needed to know, they consulted the “Hederich”, the go-to reference work for ancient mythology of the 18th century.
