The Friends of Voltaire

by Evelyn Beatrice Hall

THE
FRIENDS OF VOLTAIRE

BY S. G. TALLENTYRE
AUTHOR OF “THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE,” “THE WOMEN OF THE SALONS,” ETC.

“Il faut que les âmes pensantes se frottent l’une contre l’autre
pour faire jaillir de la lumiere.”
Voltaire: Letter to the Duc d’Uzès, December 4, 1751.

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1906

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CONTENTS

		PAGE
[I.]	[D’Alembert: the Thinker (1717-1783)]	[1]
[II.]	[Diderot: the Talker (1713-1784)]	[32]
[III.]	[Galiani: the Wit (1728-1787)]	[62]
[IV.]	[Vauvenargues: the Aphorist (1715-1747)]	[96]
[V.]	[D’Holbach: the Host (1723-1789)]	[118]
[VI.]	[Grimm: the Journalist (1723-1807)]	[150]
[VII.]	[Helvétius: the Contradiction (1715-1771)]	[176]
[VIII.]	[Turgot: the Statesman (1727-1781)]	[206]
[IX.]	[Beaumarchais: the Playwright (1732-1799)]	[236]
[X.]	[Condorcet: the Aristocrat (1743-1794)]	[268]
	[Index]:[A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[L],[M],[N],[P],[R],[S],[T],[U],[V],[W].	[299]