Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary
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1. Front matter2. Dictionary3. PREFACE4. ADULTERY5. ADVOCATE6. ANCIENTS AND MODERNS7. ANIMALS8. ANTIQUITY9. ARTS10. ASTROLOGY11. ATHEISM12. AUTHORITY13. AUTHORS14. BANISHMENT15. BANKRUPTCY16. BEAUTY17. BISHOP18. BOOKS19. BOULEVERD OR BOULEVART20. BOURGES21. BRAHMINS22. CHARACTER23. CHARLATAN24. CIVIL LAWS25. CLIMATE26. COMMON SENSE27. CONCATENATION OF EVENTS28. CONTRADICTIONS29. CORN30. CROMWELL31. CUSTOMS32. DEMOCRACY33. DESTINY34. DEVOUT35. THE ECCLESIASTICAL MINISTRY36. EMBLEM37. ON THE ENGLISH THEATRE38. ENVY39. EQUALITY40. EXPIATION41. EXTREME42. EZOURVEIDAM43. FAITH44. FALSE MINDS45. FATHERLAND46. FINAL CAUSES47. FRAUD48. FREE-WILL49. FRENCH50. FRIENDSHIP51. GOD52. HELVETIA53. HISTORY54. IGNORANCE55. THE IMPIOUS56. JOAN OF ARC57. KISSING58. LANGUAGES59. LAWS60. LIBERTY61. LIBRARY62. LIMITS OF THE HUMAN MIND63. LOCAL CRIMES64. LOVE65. LUXURY66. GENERAL REFLECTION ON MAN67. MAN IN THE IRON MASK68. MARRIAGE69. MASTER70. MEN OF LETTERS71. METAMORPHOSIS, METEMPSYCHOSIS72. MILTON, ON THE REPROACH OF PLAGIARISM AGAINST73. MOHAMMEDANS74. MOUNTAIN75. NAKEDNESS76. NATURAL LAW77. NATURE78. NECESSARY79. NEW NOVELTIES80. PHILOSOPHER81. POWER, OMNIPOTENCE82. PRAYERS83. PRÉCIS OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY84. PREJUDICES85. RARE86. REASON87. RELIGION88. SECT89. SELF-ESTEEM90. SOUL91. STATES, GOVERNMENTS92. SUPERSTITION93. TEARS94. THEIST95. TOLERANCE96. TRUTH97. TYRANNY98. VIRTUE99. WHY?100. DECLARATION OF THE ADMIRERS, QUESTIONERS AND DOUBTERS WHO HAVE AMUSED THEMSELVES BY PROPOUNDING TO THE SCHOLARS THE ABOVE QUESTIONS IN NINE VOLUMES.[23]