The Friends of Voltaire

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Evelyn Beatrice Hall

CONTENTS

PORTRAITS

SOME SOURCES OF INFORMATION

THE FRIENDS OF VOLTAIRE I D'ALEMBERT: THE THINKER

II DIDEROT: THE TALKER

III GALIANI: THE WIT.

IV VAUVENARGUES: THE APHORIST

V D'HOLBACH: THE HOST

VI GRIMM: THE JOURNALIST

VII HELVETIUS: THE CONTRADICTION

VIII TURGOT: THE STATESMAN

IX BEAUMARCHAIS: THE PLAYWRIGHT

X CONDORCET: THE ARISTOCRAT

INDEX

Contents.

Portraits
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Index

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THE FRIENDS OF VOLTAIRE

 

 

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JEAN-LEROND D’ALEMBERT.

From an Engraving after Pujos.

THE
FRIENDS OF VOLTAIRE

BY S. G. TALLENTYRE

AUTHOR OF “THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE,” “THE WOMEN OF THE SALONS,” ETC.



“Il faut que les Âmes pensantes se frottent l’une contre l’autre
pour faire jaillir de la lumiere.”
Voltaire: Letter to the Duc d’UzÈs, December 4, 1751.


LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1906

 

 

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