I knew the piece, a story, a prophecy. I dwelt on the opinion of the editor and on Voltaire's letter to His Majesty the King of Prussia. It is modern, so modern !! If this could change tomorrow!
Small book for free spirits. Concise and precise thanks to the inimitable verve of Voltaire ... Indispensable in the library of the fanaticism that wants to understand the mechanism.
This play is worth reading, ALTHOUGH it's helpful to read Both the "Notice of the editor" (Beginning) and "Fury and seduction" (end) to appreciate fully Voltaire's purpose: otherwise It Could be all too easy to interpret this play selo
Few know that Voltaire was a playwright. We understand that this is not for parts he left memory: frankly boring, Muhammad made his pittance. Voltaire wrote brilliant pages enough to ignore them.
The shape is somewhat dated, but go further and you will see that this play is quite topical. Voltaire wanted by simple prudence, to present it as the camel and it illustrates only. (In his day, blasphemy could be very expensive). But no one could mi
