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After his return to France, Voltaire set out to write "Lettres Philosophiques," or "Letters on England," in which he challenged the old regime of France with brief, epigrammatic essays on the political liberty, religious tolerance and commercial enterprise of the British. The work – which was soon condemned by the French censor and all copies ordered to be seized – praises the English political and trade systems, the peaceful interaction between...
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Best known as the author of the satirical novel Candide, Voltaire also wrote other highly regarded works of philosophical fiction. With the title tale of this original collection of short stories, the author addresses the social and political problems of his own day in an ancient Babylonian setting. First published in 1747, "Zadig" makes no attempt at historical accuracy. Instead, its thinly veiled references to contemporary issues challenge eighteenth-century...
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Il est possible que les premiers contes de Voltaire aient été le fruit des circonstances, qu'ils aient été des amusements de société (...) L'homme qui est doué d'un grand talent littéraire finit par recourir à la fantaisie et à la fable comme au moyen le plus rapide et peut-être le plus complet de traduire sa pensée.
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Collection Folio volume 3870
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Extrait: "Nous osons croire, à l'honneur du siècle o nous vivons, qu'il n'y a point dans toute l'Europe un seul homme éclairé qui ne regarde la tolérance comme un droit de justice, un devoir proscrit par l'humanité, la conscience, la religion; une loi nécessaire à la paix et à la prospérité des États."
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