The Philosophical Dictionary is one of the most lively, amusing and various books of fact and illustration now in existence; comprising information adapted to every taste and lines of study, delivered with the wit, animation, and ease for which its gifted author was unrivalled. There is scarcely a topic which has instructed or amused the world of letters which is not treated of; not any part of the varied shores which bound with the ever-revolving tide of human opinion, left unexplored.
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The Philosophical Dictionary is one of the most lively, amusing and various books of fact and illustration now in existence; comprising information adapted to every taste and lines of study, delivered with the wit, animation, and ease for which its gifted author was unrivalled. There is scarcely a topic which has instructed or amused the world of letters which is not treated of; not any part of the varied shores which bound with the ever-revolving tide of human opinion, left unexplored.
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Good+ Please note description of condition below. Not ex-lib. Softcover in gold illustrated wraps, 8vo. xix + 661pp. Overall G+ (VG in Good only wraps). Rubbing with surface loss along edges and hinges of wraps, strongest on front hinge, lower corners; lighter rubbing/scuffing to central panels with front color, figures and titles clean and strong. Reader's crease to spine favoring mid volume with binding strong. Pages clean, bright and unmarked.
I like Voltaire very much, especially his Candide, although critics say it is not deeply philosophical. Philosophical Dictionary is concisely philosophical. The easiest way to know what philosophy is is by reading a philosophical dictionary, and Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary is the best choice.
