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Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Mary Shelley

Written primarily by Mary Shelley, this volume profiles French writers and thinkers from the 14th to 18th centuries.

"Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France, Vol. 2 (of 2)" is part of a biographical encyclopedia. Written primarily by Mary Shelley, this volume profiles French writers and thinkers from the 14th to 18th centuries.

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It is impossible to commence the biography of this extraordinary man without feelings of apprehension as to our power of well executing the task. To write the life of Voltaire in a full and satisfactory manner, is to write not only the biography of an individual author, and the history of French literature during the course of nearly a century, but also of a revolution in the minds of men, in their opinions and rules of action, which, if not brought about entirely by him, was fostered and supported by his influence, in a manner the most singular and powerful. We are apt, as we read his letters, to laugh at the petulance which he evinced when attacked, and to reprove the vehemence with which he attacked others in return. But when we consider that an absolute monarch and a powerful hierarchy supported opinions which he and his friends struggled to subvert, we feel that it required all his dogmatic spirit, all his bitterness of sarcasm and vehemence of temper, to combat opposition, and to support both his own courage and that of his followers, in his attempt. {Pg 1}

Contents

  1. 01Table, Analytical and Chronological, to the First Volume of Lives of Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France.
  2. 02Table, Analytical and Chronological, to the Second Volume of Lives of Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France.
  3. 03Lives of Eminent Literary and Scientific Men.
  4. 04Voltaire
  5. 051694-1778.
  6. 06Rousseau
  7. 071712-1778.
  8. 08Condorcet
  9. 091744-1794.
  10. 10Mirabeau
  11. 111749-1791.
  12. 12Madame Roland
  13. 131754-1793.
  14. 14Madame De Staël
  15. 151766-1817.
  16. 16Index
  17. 17The End.
  18. 18Table, Analytical and Chronological, to the First Volume of Lives of Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal.
  19. 19Table Analytical and Chronological, to the Second Volume of Lives of Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal.
  20. 20Table, Analytical and Chronological, to the Third Volume of Lives of Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal.
  21. 21Index
  22. 22The End.

About this edition

Author
Mary Shelley
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
586 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers