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audible1 recording of An Essay on Crimes and Punishments by Voltaire; Cesare Beccaria. (Translated by Edward Duncan Ingraham.)
Read in English by Carolin Ksr
Beccaria’s treatise On Crimes and Punishments, which condemns disproportionate and irrational penalties as well as torture and the death penalty in general, 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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