CONTENTSD'Alembert: The Thinker (1717-1783)Diderot: The Talker (1713-1784)Galiani: The Wit (1728-1787)Vauvenargues: The Aphorist (1715-1747)D'Holbach: The Host (1723-1789)Grimm: The Journalist (1723-1807)Helvitius: The Contradiction (1715-1771)Turgot: The Statesman (1727-1781)Beaumarchais: The Playwright (1732-1799)Condorcet: The Aristocrat (1743-1794)Index
CONTENTSD'Alembert: The Thinker (1717-1783)Diderot: The Talker (1713-1784)Galiani: The Wit (1728-1787)Vauvenargues: The Aphorist (1715-1747)D'Holbach:...
Comte de Mirabeau (Honore Gabriel Riquetti, 1749-1791), a French revolutionary leader, was the most important figure in the first two years of the French revolution. The two representative Frenchmen of the eighteenth century are Voltaire and Mirabeau. Voltaire was the last great influence of the old order, and Mirabeau the first of the new. Voltaire, more than any other one man, undammed the torrent of Revolution. Mirabeau used all the strength of his mighty genius to turn those rushing waters into the channel of use, of wisdom, and of safety. These two notable men have inspired the present...
Comte de Mirabeau (Honore Gabriel Riquetti, 1749-1791), a French revolutionary leader, was the most important figure in the first two years of the Fre...
"It seems to me," said George Eliot, "much better to read a man's own writings, than to read what others say about him, especially when the man is first-rate and the others third-rate."In these words lie perhaps the best reason for a translation of the Letters of Voltaire.S. G. Tallentyre is the author of The Life of Mirabeau, The Life of Voltaire, and The Friends of Voltaire.
"It seems to me," said George Eliot, "much better to read a man's own writings, than to read what others say about him, especially when the man is fir...
The two representative Frenchmen of the eighteenth century are Voltaire and Mirabeau. Voltaire was the last great influence of the old order, and Mirabeau the first of the new. Voltaire, more than any other one man, undammed the torrent of Revolution. Mirabeau used all the strength of his mighty genius to turn those rushing waters into the channel of use, of wisdom, and of safety. These two notable men have inspired the present biographer, who has the distinction of having written what may be regarded as the definitive life of each. The Life of Voltaire is, like The Life of Mirabeau, a...
The two representative Frenchmen of the eighteenth century are Voltaire and Mirabeau. Voltaire was the last great influence of the old order, and Mira...