The texts in this volume date from 1769. Voltaire, energetic despite his 75 years, continues his struggle against 'l'infame' and promotes tolerance. There is also an epitre against atheism, containing his famous line 'Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer'. There are attacks on abuses by the clergy and on figures he considered the enemies of Enlightenment, including Malebranche and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, but also a celebration of the glories of French literature.
- ISBN10 0729410617
- ISBN13 9780729410618
- Publish Date 15 January 2016
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Voltaire Foundation
- Edition Critical edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 485
- Language French
- URL http://voltaire.ox.ac.uk/book/writings-1769