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The Fables of Reason: A Study of Voltaire's Contes Philosophiques Book

The Fables of Reason: A Study of Voltaire's Contes Philosophiques
The Fables of Reason: A Study of Voltaire's Contes Philosophiques, This is the first comprehensive study in English of Voltaire's contes philosophiques—the philosophical tales for which he is best remembered and which include his masterpiece Candide. Pearson situates each story in its historical and intelle, The Fables of Reason: A Study of Voltaire's Contes Philosophiques has a rating of 3 stars
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  • The Fables of Reason: A Study of Voltaire's Contes Philosophiques
  • Written by author Roger Pearson
  • Published by Oxford University Press, USA, June 1993
  • This is the first comprehensive study in English of Voltaire's contes philosophiques—the philosophical tales for which he is best remembered and which include his masterpiece Candide. Pearson situates each story in its historical and intelle
  • This is the first comprehensive study in English of Voltaire's contes philosophiques—the philosophical tales for which he is best remembered and which include his masterpiece Candide. Pearson situates each story in its historical and in
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IThe Fables of Reason
1The conte philosophique and its Readers3
2Statistics and Symposia: L'Homme aux quarante ecus20
3Fallen Fables33
IIThe Voyage of Reason and the Problem of Evil
4Party Games: Le Crocheter borgne and Cosi-Sancta41
5Man in the Universe: Micromegas49
6Man in the World: Le Monde comme il va, Zadig, Memnon, and Lettre d'un turc72
7Small Consolations: Songe de Platon, Histoire des voyages de Scarmentado, and Les Deux Consoles102
8The Candid Conte: Candide ou l'optimisme110
IIILiterature and Enlightenment
9Education and 'Merry Hissing': Histoire d'un bon brahmin, Pot-pourri, Le Blanc et le noir, Jeannot et Colin, Petite digression, and Aventure indienne139
10Hearts and Minds: L'Ingenu168
11'L'univers en raccourci': la Princesse de Babylone and Les Lettres d'Amabed194
12Totem and Taboo: Le Taureau blanc212
13Anglicans and Academics: Aventure de la memoire, Eloge historique de la raison, Les Oreilles du comte de Chesterfield, and Histoire de Jenni219
Conclusion241
Voltaire's Contes251
Select Bibliography252
Index263


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