by Voltaire · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070423569
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«Micromégas L'Ingénu» is the volume that brings together two philosophical tales by Voltaire, published by Folio in paperback (176 pages, in French).
The volume brings together two tales by Voltaire. In «Micromégas», a giant from Sirius travels through the universe and visits Earth, where he observes human smallness and the relativity of knowledge. In «L'Ingénu», a young man raised among the Hurons arrives in France and contemplates its customs with fresh eyes, in a social and philosophical satire.
Edition introduced and annotated by Jacques Van den Heuvel; number 3706 in the Folio classique collection.
For readers who want to approach classic French literature and the philosophical tales of the Enlightenment.
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.
