by Voltaire · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429739558
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«Sobre l'horrible perill de la lectura» is Voltaire's essay published by Edicions 62 in 1995 in paperback (64 pages, in Catalan).
In this brief piece, Voltaire reflects with irony on the supposed dangers of reading and of everyone's access to books. The author turns the defense of banning reading into a satirical plea that, in reality, underscores the value of knowledge and freedom of thought. A sample of his lucid and critical prose.
The volume belongs to the Petita Biblioteca Universal collection from Edicions 62, published in Barcelona. Inside, it states that the edition cost 200 pesetas.
Recommended for readers interested in Voltaire's work and in short texts of eighteenth-century literature, as well as for collectors of the Petita Biblioteca Universal.
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.
