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_CONTENTS_
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PREFACE BY VOLTAIRE 5
ADULTERY 11
ADVOCATE 16
ANCIENTS AND MODERNS 17
ANIMALS 21
ANTIQUITY 24
ARTS 27
ASTROLOGY 29
ATHEISM 32
AUTHORITY 46
AUTHORS 48
BANISHMENT 50
BANKRUPTCY 51
BEAUTY 53
BISHOP 55
BOOKS 57
BOULEVERD 60
BOURGES 61
BRAHMINS 62
CHARACTER 65
CHARLATAN 68
CIVIL LAWS 73
CLIMATE 74
COMMON SENSE 78
CONCATENATION OF EVENTS 80
CONTRADICTIONS 83
CORN 85
CROMWELL 88
CUSTOMS 94
DEMOCRACY 96
DESTINY 98
DEVOUT 102
ECCLESIASTICAL MINISTRY 103
EMBLEM 106
ENGLISH THEATRE, ON THE 110
ENVY 112
EQUALITY 114
EXPIATION 118
EXTREME 122
EZOURVEIDAM 125
FAITH 126
FALSE MINDS 128
FATHERLAND 131
FINAL CAUSES 133
FRAUD 136
FREE-WILL 142
FRENCH 146
FRIENDSHIP 150
GOD 151
HELVETIA 156
HISTORY 157
IGNORANCE 163
IMPIOUS 166
JOAN OF ARC 168
KISSING 173
LANGUAGES 178
LAWS 184
LIBERTY 187
LIBRARY 191
LIMITS OF THE HUMAN MIND 194
LOCAL CRIMES 195
LOVE 197
LUXURY 200
MAN 203
MAN IN THE IRON MASK 204
MARRIAGE 210
MASTER 211
MEN OF LETTERS 214
METAMORPHOSIS 216
MILTON, ON THE REPROACH OF PLAGIARISM AGAINST 217
MOHAMMEDANS 220
MOUNTAIN 221
NAKEDNESS 222
NATURAL LAW 224
NATURE 227
NECESSARY 231
NEW NOVELTIES 236
PHILOSOPHER 237
POWER, OMNIPOTENCE 240
PRAYERS 245
PRECIS OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY 247
PREJUDICES 251
RARE 255
REASON 257
RELIGION 259
SECT 267
SELF-ESTEEM 271
SOUL 273
STATES, GOVERNMENTS 294
SUPERSTITION 297
TEARS 299
THEIST 301
TOLERANCE 302
TRUTH 305
TYRANNY 308
VIRTUE 309
WHY? 313
DECLARATION OF ADMIRERS, QUESTIONERS AND DOUBTERS 315
_ADULTERY_
NOTE ON A MAGISTRATE WRITTEN ABOUT 1764
A senior magistrate of a French town had the misfortune to have a wife
who was debauched by a priest before her marriage, and who since covered
herself with disgrace by public scandals: he was so moderate as to leave
her without noise.
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