Originally founded in 2008 by Amanda Oakleaf and since bought and run by Julie Lyon and Mike Wellen, the cafe’s original ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract, published in 1762, critiques societal constraints on individual freedom. His ...

Now I Surrender, the third masterpiece by the Mexican writer Álvaro Enrigue to be brought into English by the brilliant ...

America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, whose ideals resonated across the world, amid ...

Central thinkers of the Enlightenment are resonating again in 2026 as burnout, loneliness, emotional exhaustion, and the ...

In Voltaire’s “Candide,” the main character Candide travels through the world in the pursuit of reuniting with his one true love, the beautiful Cunégonde. Throughout his journey, Candide visits Lisbon ...

A LEGENDARY voice actor known for his work on The Simpsons and Austin Powers has died at the age of 66. Benoit Rousseau was best known for dubbing various characters in the French Canadian version of ...

Anna Barker's latest column takes a look at the French Revolution.

Today’s quote of the day is by Voltaire, a famous French writer and philosopher, who says that it is better to be curious and use logical skills than to just learn facts. He encouraged people to ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Hot off the heels of the French label’s bestselling Jack handbag, which debuted ...

Few thinkers of the eighteenth century exercised a wider or more transformative influence than Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), whose philosophy and thinking marked the end of the Age of Reason and ...

If it is a nice orderly shopping experience you are after, Voltaire and Rousseau is not the place to go. However, this veritable Aladdin’s Cave of curiosities is an endlessly fun place for committed ...