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Ce volume contient les articles que Voltaire redigea pour l'Encyclopedie, ainsi que ceux pour la quatrieme edition du Dictionnaire de l'Academie (1762).
'A book more interesting in its subject, or more satisfactory in its execution, is seldom issued from the press. The country of which it treats, and the circumstances under which …
In 1762, Voltaire was at the height of his career, his output manifold and unceasing despite being close to 70 years of age. This was the period of Voltaire’s life in which his …
The twinned evils of superstition and fanaticism had been prominent in Voltaire's work since "La Henriade", but it is only with "Le Fanaticisme, ou Mahomet le prophete" that …
In the wide range of essays, poems and pamphlets contained in this volume we witness Voltaire exercising his polemical powers on a remarkable multiplicity of fronts, only a matter …
When Rameau took the world of opera by storm in 1733, Voltaire set aside his first libretto, "Tanis et Zélide", and wrote "Samson" and later "Pandore" with the composer …
In 1770 Voltaire, now aged 76, is writing as furiously as ever. In addition to embarking on an ambitious new project, the "Questions sur l’Encyclopédie", and writing other works of …