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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26974217 Title: The fables of reason : a study of Voltaire's "Contes philosophiques" Author: Roger Pearson Publisher: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1993. ISBN/ISSN: 0198158807 9780198158806 OCLC:26974217

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The fables of reason : a study of Voltaire's "Contes philosophiques"

Author:	Roger Pearson
Publisher:	Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Pearson, Roger. Fables of reason. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993 (OCoLC)624393723
Named Person:	Voltaire; Voltaire; Voltaire (1694-1778).
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Roger Pearson Find more information about:
ISBN:	0198158807 9780198158806
OCLC Number:	26974217
Description:	x, 268 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents:	I. The Fables of Reason. 1. The conte philosophique and its Readers. 2. Statistics and Symposia: L'Homme aux quarante ecus. 3. Fallen Fables -- II. The Voyage of Reason and the Problem of Evil. 4. Party Games: Le Crocheter borgne and Cosi-Sancta. 5. Man in the Universe: Micromegas. 6. Man in the World: Le Monde comme il va, Zadig, Memnon, and Lettre d'un turc. 7. Small Consolations: Songe de Platon, Histoire des voyages de Scarmentado, and Les Deux Consoles. 8. The Candid Conte: Candide ou l'optimisme -- III. Literature and Enlightenment. 9. Education and 'Merry Hissing': Histoire d'un bon brahmin, Pot-pourri, Le Blanc et le noir, Jeannot et Colin, Petite digression, and Aventure indienne. 10. Hearts and Minds: L'Ingenu. 11. 'L'univers en raccourci': la Princesse de Babylone and Les Lettres d'Amabed. 12. Totem and Taboo: Le Taureau blanc. 13. Anglicans and Academics: Aventure de la memoire, Eloge historique de la raison, Les Oreilles du comte de Chesterfield, and Histoire de Jenni. Voltaire's Contes.
Responsibility:	Roger Pearson.
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