Dictionnaire philosophique (VIII)

Voltaire

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A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY VOLUME VIII By VOLTAIRE EDITION DE LA PACIFICATION THE WORKS OF VOLTAIRE A CONTEMPORARY VERSION With Notes by Tobias Smollett, Revised and Modernized New Translations by William F. Fleming, and an Introduction by Oliver H.G. Leigh A CRITIQUE AND BIOGRAPHY BY THE RT. HON. JOHN MORLEY FORTY-THREE VOLUMES One hundred and sixty-eight designs, comprising reproductions of rare old engravings, steel plates, photogravures, and curious fac-similes VOLUME XII E.R. DuMONT PARIS--LONDON--NEW YORK--CHICAGO 1901 _The WORKS of VOLTAIRE_ _"Between two servants of Humanity, who appeared eighteen hundred years apart, there is a mysterious relation. * * * * Let us say it with a sentiment of profound respect: JESUS WEPT: VOLTAIRE SMILED. Of that divine tear and of that human smile is composed the sweetness of the present civilization."_ _VICTOR HUGO._ LIST OF PLATES--Vol. VIII ALLEGORICAL BUST OF VOLTAIRE--frontispiece THE INITIATE BANISHING THE PRIEST JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU JOHN CALVIN * * * * * VOLTAIRE A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY. IN TEN VOLUMES VOL. VIII MONEY--PRIVILEGE * * * * * MONEY. ALLEGORICAL BUST OF VOLTAIRE--frontispiece THE INITIATE BANISHING THE PRIEST JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU JOHN CALVIN * * * * * VOLTAIRE A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY. IN TEN VOLUMES VOL. VIII MONEY--PRIVILEGE * * * * * MONEY. A word made use of to express gold. "Sir, will you lend me a hundred louis d'or?" "Sir, I would with all my heart, but I have no money; I am out of ready money." The Italian will say to you: "_Signore, non ha di danari_"--"I have no deniers." Harpagon asks Maître Jacques: "Wilt thou make a good entertainment?" "Yes, if you will give me plenty of money." We continually inqu

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