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Philosophical Dictionary

François Voltaire

Form
Form Philosophy
Year
Year 1764
Originally in
Originally in French
Pages
Pages 400

Voltaire made it small on purpose. The book came out pocket-sized and cheap, printed without his name so a reader could carry it under a coat and a bookseller could deny everything, and for years he denied writing a word of it.

Fanaticism is, in reference to superstition, what delirium is to fever, or rage to anger.
Philosophical Dictionary, François Voltaire

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