Micromégas by Voltaire
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"Micromégas" by Voltaire is a philosophical tale published in 1752. It describes the visit of two giants to Earth: Micromégas from a planet near Sirius, and the secretary of Saturn's Academy. This representative work of the Enlightenment blends social, religious, and moral criticism with scientific observation. It emphasizes philosophical relativism while rejecting metaphysical speculation in favor of empirical experimentation. The tale stands as one of the earliest philosophical stories, challenging human vanity
and exploring humanity's place in the universe through reason and scientific inquiry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Voltaire, 1694-1778 |
|---|---|
| Title | Micromégas |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microm%C3%A9gas |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microm%C3%A9gas |
| Credits | Produced by Carlo Traverso We thank the Bibliothèque Nationale de France that has made available the image files at www:gallica.bnf.fr, authorizing the preparation of the etext through OCR. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- 18th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 4649 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-04649-5 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | Apr 12, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 874 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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