Lettres philosophiques

Publication type: Book
Author: Voltaire
Scientific editors: Ferret (Olivier), McKenna (Antony)
Abstract: According to Lanson's well-known expression, the Lettres philosophiques were «the first grenade thrown at the Ancien Régime». This edition takes up the challenge of demonstrating the unity of the volume after the addition of the anti-Pascal.
Number of pages: 604
Parution: 05-20-2010
Collection: Eighteenth-Century Library, n° 1
CLIL theme: 3439 -- LITTÉRATURE GÉNÉRALE -- Oeuvres classiques -- Moderne (<1799)
EAN: 9782812400964
ISBN: 978-2-8124-0096-4
ISSN: 2109-7623
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-4532-3
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 08-02-2010
Language: French
Keyword: Lumières, Angleterre, rationalisme, empirisme, tolérance, fanatisme, sciences, théâtre, poésie, anglicans, quakers, arminiens, sociniens, optimisme, David Pitt, George Barclay, Bolingbroke , Locke, Newton, Shakespeare, Pascal, Rochester, Waller, Pope, Parlement, commerce, Académies