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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) The Works of Voltaire, Vol. IV (Philosophical Dictionary Part 2)
Voltaire, The Works of Voltaire, Vol. IV (Philosophical Dictionary Part 2) [1764]Edition used:The Works of Voltaire. A Contemporary Version. A Critique and Biography by John Morley, notes by Tobias Smollett, trans. William F. Fleming (New York: E.R. DuMont, 1901). In 21 vols. Vol. IV.
 | About this title:Volume 2 of the Philosophical Dictionary with entries from “Cannibals” to the “Falsity of Human Virtues.” The Philosophical Dictionary first appeared in 1764 in a “pocket edition” designed to be carried about one’s person. It consists of a series of short essays on a variety of topics all of which are tied together as examples of Voltaire’s withering criticism of “the infamous thing” - examples of tyranny and persecution by a privileged orthodoxy in Church and State of those individuals who disagree.
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- Voltaire a Philosophical Dictionary Vol. Iv — Part I
- Cannibals.
- Casting (in Metal).
- Cato. On Suicide, and the Abbe St. Cyran’s Book Legitimating Suicide.
- Celts.
- Ceremonies—titles—precedence.
- Certain—certainty.
- Chain of Created Beings.
- Chain Or Generation of Events.
- Changes That Have Occurred In the Globe.
- Character. [from the Greek Word Signifying Impression, Engraving.—it Is What Nature Has Engraved In Us.]
- Charity. Charitable and Beneficent Institutions, Almshouses, Hospitals, Etc.
- Charles IX.
- China.
- Christianity.
- Christmas.
- Chronology.
- Church.
- Church of England.
- Church Property.
- Cicero.
- Circumcision.
- Clerk—clergy.
- Climate.
- Coherence—cohesion—adhesion.
- Commerce.
- Common Sense.
- Confession.
- Confiscation.
- Conscience.
- Consequence.
- Constantine.
- Contradictions.
- Contrast.
- Convulsionaries.
- Corn.
- Councils. Meetings of Ecclesiastics, Called Together to Resolve Doubts Or Questions On Points of Faith Or Discipline.
- Voltaire a Philosophical Dictionary Vol. Iv — Part Ii
- Country.
- Crimes Or Offences.
- Criminal.
- Cromwell.
- Cuissage.
- Curate (of the Country).
- Curiosity.
- Customs—usages.
- Cyrus.
- Dante.
- David.
- Decretals.
- Deluge (universal).
- Democracy.
- Demoniacs.
- Destiny.
- Devotee.
- Dial. Dial of Ahaz.
- Dictionary.
- Diocletian.
- Dionysius, St. (the Areopagite), and the Famous Eclipse.
- Diodorus of Sicily, and Herodotus.
- Director.
- Disputes.
- Distance.
- Divinity of Jesus.
- Divorce.
- Dog.
- Dogmas.
- Donations.
- Drinking Healths.
- The Druids.
- Ease.
- Eclipse.
- Economy (rural).
- Economy of Speech— to Speak By Economy.
- Elegance.
- Elias Or Elijah, and Enoch.
- Eloquence.
- Emblems. Figures, Allegories, Symbols, Etc.
- Enchantment. Magic, Conjuration, Sorcery, Etc.
- End of the World.
- Enthusiasm.
- Envy.
- Epic Poetry.
- Epiphany. the Manifestation, the Appearance, the Illustration, the Radiance.
- Equality.
- Essenians.
- Eternity.
- Eucharist.
- Execution.
- Executioner.
- Expiation. Dieu Fit Du Repentir La Vertu Des Mortels.
- Extreme.
- Ezekiel. of Some Singular Passages In This Prophet, and of Certain Ancient Usages.
- Fable.
- Faction. On the Meaning of the Word.
- Faculty.
- Faith.
- Falsity.
- Falsity of Human Virtues.
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