The French EssayTwayne Publishers, 1986 - 191 Seiten |
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... Voltaire maintains that the latter's primary intention was " to show mankind in an odious light . . . . And for that he elo- quently insults the human race . " 12 Carefully selecting certain of Pas- cal's " thoughts , " Voltaire rips ...
... Voltaire maintains that the latter's primary intention was " to show mankind in an odious light . . . . And for that he elo- quently insults the human race . " 12 Carefully selecting certain of Pas- cal's " thoughts , " Voltaire rips ...
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... Voltaire's conscious attempt to rival Newton's intel- lectual accomplishments . For just as Newton had shed " the eternal light of reason " on the physical universe and discovered its laws , so Voltaire aimed to do the same on the ...
... Voltaire's conscious attempt to rival Newton's intel- lectual accomplishments . For just as Newton had shed " the eternal light of reason " on the physical universe and discovered its laws , so Voltaire aimed to do the same on the ...
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... Voltaire's philosophical writings . In these essays Voltaire's frequent use of dialogue form can in most cases be reduced to two basic patterns : the simple person ( distinguished not by formal education but good common sense ) is ...
... Voltaire's philosophical writings . In these essays Voltaire's frequent use of dialogue form can in most cases be reduced to two basic patterns : the simple person ( distinguished not by formal education but good common sense ) is ...
Inhalt
Chapter | 28 |
Chapter Three | 59 |
Chapter Four | 88 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Albert Camus artistic attitudes authors Balzac Barrès Baudelaire belief Benda Bernanos Bourget Bruyère Camus Catholic century Christian claims classical concept contemporary conversation critical cultural D'Alembert described dialogue Diderot Ernest Renan essay form essayists essential example expression fact formal essay France French essay French literature Gide Gourmont Hippolyte Taine honnête homme human humanist Ibid ideal important intellectual Julien Benda kind Léon Bloy letters literary form living matter Mauriac Maurice Barrès mind Mme de Sévigné modern Montaigne Montaigne's moral moralist nature Oeuvres complètes Paris Pascal passion Paul Bourget Péguy Pensées period philosophical pieces Plutarch political portrait present prose psychological reflections regarded religion religious Rémy de Gourmont Renan Rochefoucauld role Rousseau Sainte-Beuve salon Sartre Sextus Empiricus Simone de Beauvoir Simone Weil skeptical social society spirit Stendhal style taigne Taine taste themes thought topics tradition treatises truth universal vols Voltaire writers