Dictionnaire philosophique (VII)

Voltaire

⚠️ Avertissement de contenu

Langue:

anglais

État:

Selection / partial

Paternité:

Written by the author

A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY VOLUME VII 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 XI 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. VII OLD ROUEN--frontispiece MONTESQUIEU THE DREAM OF HUMAN LIFE ANCIENT ROME * * * * * VOLTAIRE A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY. IN TEN VOLUMES VOL. VII JOSEPH-MISSION * * * * * JOSEPH. LIST OF PLATES--Vol. VII OLD ROUEN--frontispiece MONTESQUIEU THE DREAM OF HUMAN LIFE ANCIENT ROME * * * * * VOLTAIRE A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY. IN TEN VOLUMES VOL. VII JOSEPH-MISSION * * * * * JOSEPH. The history of Joseph, considering it merely as an object of curiosity and literature, is one of the most precious monuments of antiquity which has reached us. It appears to be the model of all the Oriental writers; it is more affecting than the "Odyssey"; for a hero who pardons is more touching than one who avenges.

Lire l'œuvre entière →