Complete Works of Voltaire 71C: Oeuvres de 1769-1770 (III) (Complete Works of Voltaire, 71C)

by Voltaire

W. D. Howarth (Editor), Russell Goulbourne (Editor), Nicholas Cronk (Editor), et al (Editor), Goulbourne (Editor), and Al (Editor)

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This volume presents a broad cross-section of Voltaire's continuing interests. "Le Depositaire", Voltaire's last comedy, echoing Moliere, expresses his theatrical ideal. The "Defense de Louis XIV" continues Voltaire's historical work while the "Requete a tous les magistrats" campaigns against religious abuses. The "Traduction du poeme de Jean Plokof" and the "Ode pindarique" support Catherine the Great's war against the Turks. "Le Systeme vraisemblable" supports Newton against d'Holbach while the philosophical fragment "Lettre de M. Hude" argues that all institutions are human constructions. The "Epitre au roi de la Chine" is a polemic on the role of literature and the lamentable state of contemporary France.
  • ISBN10 0729407993
  • ISBN13 9780729407991
  • Publish Date 1 October 2003
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Voltaire Foundation