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Complete Works of Voltaire 74B - Oeuvres de 1772 (II) (Hardcover, Critical edition)
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Complete Works of Voltaire 74B - Oeuvres de 1772 (II) (Hardcover, Critical edition)
Series: Complete Works of Voltaire, 74B
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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 coup d'etat, he
welcomes a new member to the club of enlightened rulers with the
poem "Au roi de Suede, Gustave III". He returns to legal
considerations, this time in their relation to religious
toleration, in the "Reflexions philosophiques sur le proces de
mademoiselle Camp", and the abuse of ecclesiastical privilege is
attacked in "La Voix du cure sur le proces des serfs du Mont-Jura".
The theme of religious intolerance surfaces again in his treatment
of the Crusades in "Quelques petites hardiesses de Mr. Clair, a
l'occasion d'un panegyrique de Saint Louis". He also publishes a
treatise of sceptical deism, oddly entitled "Il faut prendre un
parti ou le principe d'action". Voltaire continued to write poetry
in a range of styles and genres: two verse satires, "Les Systemes"
and "Les Cabales", a slighter work, "Jean qui pleure et qui rit",
and towards the end of the year, one of his most important poems,
the "Epitre a Horace", which shows him comparing notes with Horace
as to how each of them will be treated by posterity: 'J'ai vecu
plus que toi; mes vers dureront moins.'
General
Imprint: |
Voltaire Foundation
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Complete Works of Voltaire, 74B |
Release date: |
March 2006 |
Editors: |
P. Casini
• Nicholas Cronk
• et al
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Authors: |
Voltaire
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Dimensions: |
230 x 155mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
348 |
Edition: |
Critical edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7294-0892-9 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-7294-0892-2 |
Barcode: |
9780729408929 |
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