Voltaire and Cesare Beccaria

An Essay on Crimes and Punishments

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Beccaria's treatise On Crimes and Punishments, which condemns disproportionate and irrational penalties in general as well as torture and the death penalty, is said to mark the peak of Enlightenment in Milan. Its translations were widely read by statesmen and policy makers in Britain, America and France. This translation also features the anonymous commentary, attributed to Voltaire. - Summary by Carolin

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Apr 16, 2024

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Episodes

Commentary - Chapter XXIII - The Idea of a Reform Suggested 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter XXII - Of Criminal Proceedings, and of Some Other Forms of Procedure 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter XXI - Of the Confiscation Consequent upon all the Crimes which Have Been Mentioned 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter XX - Of a Certain Species of Mutilation 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter XIX - Of Suicide 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter XVIII - Of Domestic Theft 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter XVII - Of Counterfeiting Money 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter XVI - Of the Revealing of Crimes (Before Commission) by Religious Confession 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter XV - Of the Crime of High Treason - Of Titus Oates and of the Death of Augustine de Thou 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter XIV - Of the Difference Between Political and Natural Laws 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter XIII - Of Certain Sanguinary Tribunals 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter XII - Of Torture 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter XI - Of the Execution of Sentences 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter X - Of Capital Punishment 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter IX - Of Witches 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter VIII - The Story of Simon Morin 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter VII - Of the Crime of Unlawful Preaching - Story of Anthony 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter VI - Of the Indulgence of the Romans in Matters of Religion 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter V - Of Blasphemy and Profanation 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter IV - Of the Extirpation of Heresies 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter III - Of the Punishment of Heretics 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter II - Of Punishments 16.04.2024
Commentary - Chapter I - The Circumstances that Occasioned this Commentary 16.04.2024
Chapter XLVII - Conclusion 16.04.2024
Chapter XLVI - Of Pardons 16.04.2024

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