by Voltaire · Larousse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782038701876
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«Micromégas / L'Ingénu» is the volume of tales by Voltaire published by Larousse in the Classiques Larousse collection, in paperback (175 pages, in French).
Micromégas narrates the journey of a giant from a planet orbiting the star Sirius, accompanied by an inhabitant of Saturn. Upon arriving on Earth, both marvel at the smallness of humans and their pretensions to knowledge, and the work uses the contrast to satirize arrogance, narrow-mindedness, and the relativity of knowledge.
The edition is from 1991 and brings together Micromégas and L'Ingénu in the Classiques Larousse collection; Micromégas originally appeared in 1752.
French edition used as school reading in France and suitable for readers who want to approach French classics in their original language.
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
