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The year 1733 was the last before the momentous scandal over the "Lettres philosophiques" which led to a new life for Voltaire at Cirey. With hindsight it can be read as a …
Besterman’s groundbreaking ‘definitive’ edition of Voltaire’s correspondence is the first and only edition to be based accurately on manuscripts, and contains over 21,000 letters …
This volume brings together a range of miscellaneous short texts by Voltaire, mostly undated and principally manuscript fragments. From thoughts on the souls of animals, to how he …
After his final attack on Shakespeare, the "Lettre de Monsieur de Voltaire à Messieurs de l’Académie française", Voltaire composed "Irène" as a demonstration of the supremacy of …
Il serait difficile d'exagérer l'importance de Turgot, contrôleur général des finances de Louis XVI, pour les œuvres de Voltaire en 1775-1776. Lorsque Voltaire n'est pas en train …
En 1775 Voltaire prete sa plume a d'Etallonde, condamne a mort par contumace presque dix ans plus tot, mais le "Cri du sang innocent" n'obtient malheureusement pas sa …
Ce volume comprend un ensemble de textes philosophiques et historiques, abordant des thèmes tels que la fatalité, la nature de l’âme, les dangers de l’athéisme, et la lente marche …
This volume contains further full critical editions of some of Voltaire’s many and varied writings of 1772. When Voltaire hears that Gustav III has assumed power in Sweden after a …
Part of the complete works of the French philosopher, historian and social reformer, Voltaire. Contains his last philosophical story, "Le Taureau blanc", and other works designed …
The writings gathered together in volume 73 of the Complete works were substantially written in 1771, when Voltaire was seventy-six years old. Despite periods of illness and …