The Works of Voltaire, Vol. IV (Philosophical Dictionary Part 2)

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.
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.
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- Translator: William F. Fleming
- Notes: Tobias Smollett
- Introduction: Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh
- Author: Voltaire
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Table of Contents
- The WORKS of VOLTAIRE
- VOLTAIRE A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY Vol. IV — Part I
- LIST OF PLATES
- A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY.
- CANNIBALS.
- SECTION I.
- SECTION II.
- SECTION III.
- CASTING (IN METAL).
- CATO. ON SUICIDE, AND THE ABBE ST. CYRAN’S BOOK LEGITIMATING SUICIDE.
- A Brief Account of Some Singular Suicides.
- Laws Against 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.
- Curtae nescio quid semper abest rei.
- CHARLES IX.
- Emollit mores, nec sinit esse feros.
- CHINA.
- SECTION I.
- Of the Expulsion of the Missionaries from China.
- Of the pretended Atheism of China.
- SECTION II.
- CHRISTIANITY.
- Establishment of Christianity, in its Civil and Political State.—Section I.
- SECTION II.
- CHRISTMAS.
- CHRONOLOGY.
- Of the Vanity of Systems, Particularly in Chronology.
- CHURCH.
- Summary of the History of the Christian Church.
- Of the Power of Expelling Devils, Given to the Church.
- Of the Martyrs of the Church.
- Of the Establishment of the Church Under Constantine.
- Of the Signification of the Word “Church.” Picture of the Primitive Church. Its Degeneracy. Examination into those Societies which have Attempted to Re-establish the Primitive Church, and Particularly into that of the Primitives called Quakers.
- Of the “Church,” in Christian Societies.
- Of the Primitive Church, and of Those Who Have Endeavored to Re-establish It.
- Of the Primitives called Quakers.
- Quarrel between the Greek and Latin Churches in Asia and Europe.
- Of the Present Greek Church.
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
- CHURCH PROPERTY.
- Monks possessing Slaves.
- CICERO.
- CIRCUMCISION.
- CLERK—CLERGY.
- Of the Celibacy of the Clergy.
- Of Clerks of the Closet, Since Denominated Secretaries of State and Ministers.
- CLIMATE.
- Influence of Climate.
- COHERENCE—COHESION—ADHESION.
- COMMERCE.
- COMMON SENSE.
- CONFESSION.
- The Disclosure of Confessions.
- Whether Laymen and Women Have Been Confessors?
- Confession Tickets.
- CONFISCATION.
- CONSCIENCE.
- SECTION I.
- Of the Conscience of Good and of Evil.
- Whether a Judge Should Decide according to his Conscience, or according to the Evidence.
- Of a Deceitful Conscience.
- Liberty of Conscience. [Translated from the German.]
- CONSEQUENCE.
- CONSTANTINE.
- SECTION I. The Age of Constantine.
- SECTION II. Character of Constantine.
- CONTRADICTIONS.
- SECTION I.
- Examples Taken from History, from Sacred Scripture, from Numerous Authors, etc.
- Contradictions in Certain Rites.
- Contradictions in Things and Men.
- Apparent Contradictions in Books.
- Contradictions in Judgments Upon Works of Literature or Art.
- CONTRAST.
- CONVULSIONARIES.
- CORN.
- COUNCILS. Meetings of Ecclesiastics, Called Together to Resolve Doubts or Questions on Points of Faith or Discipline.
- SECTION II. Notice of the General Councils.
- SECTION III. Infallibility of Councils.
- VOLTAIRE A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY Vol. IV — Part II
- LIST OF PLATES
- A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY.
- COUNTRY.
- SECTION II.
- SECTION III.
- CRIMES OR OFFENCES.
- Of Time and Place.
- Of Crimes of Time and Place, which Ought to Be Concealed.
- Query: Are Two Witnesses Enough to Condemn a Man to be Hanged?
- CRIMINAL.
- Criminal Prosecution.
- Proceedings in Criminal Cases Among Particular Nations.
- Example Taken from the Condemnation of a Whole Family.
- CROMWELL.
- SECTION I.
- SECTION II.
- CUISSAGE.
- CURATE (OF THE COUNTRY).
- CURIOSITY.
- CUSTOMS—USAGES.
- CYRUS.
- DANTE.
- DAVID.
- DECRETALS.
- DELUGE (UNIVERSAL).
- DEMOCRACY.
- DEMONIACS.
- DESTINY.
- DEVOTEE.
- DIAL. Dial of Ahaz.
- DICTIONARY.
- Extract from the Reflections of an Academician on the “Dictionary of the French Academy.”
- DIOCLETIAN.
- DIONYSIUS, ST. (THE AREOPAGITE), AND THE FAMOUS ECLIPSE.
- Of the Great Eclipse Noticed by Dionysius.
- DIODORUS OF SICILY, AND HERODOTUS.
- DIRECTOR.
- DISPUTES.
- ON DISPUTATION.
- DISTANCE.
- DIVINITY OF JESUS.
- DIVORCE.
- DOG.
- DOGMAS.
- DONATIONS.
- The Donation of Constantine.
- Donation of Pepin.
- The Donation of Charlemagne.
- Donation of Benevento by the Emperor Henry III.
- Donation of the Countess Mathilda.
- Donation of the Sovereignty of Naples to the Popes.
- Donation of England and Ireland to the Popes by King John.
- Examination of the Vassalage of Naples and England.
- Of Donations Made by the Popes.
- Particular 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.
- Of Some Emblems Used by the Jewish Nation.
- Of the Emblem of Aholah and Aholibah.
- Of Hosea, and Some Other Emblems.
- ENCHANTMENT. MAGIC, CONJURATION, SORCERY, ETC.
- Enchantment of the Dead, or Evocation.
- Of Other Sorceries.
- Enchantments to Kindle Love.
- END OF THE WORLD.
- ENTHUSIASM.
- ENVY.
- EPIC POETRY.
- Of Hesiod.
- Of the Iliad.
- Of Virgil.
- Of Lucan.
- Of Tasso.
- Of Ariosto.
- EPIPHANY. The Manifestation, the Appearance, the Illustration, the Radiance.
- EQUALITY.
- ESSENIANS.
- ETERNITY.
- EUCHARIST.
- EXECUTION.
- SECTION I.
- SECTION II.
- SECTION III.
- 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.
- Of Those Fanatics Who Would Suppress the Ancient Fables.
- FACTION. On the Meaning of the Word.
- FACULTY.
- FAITH.
- SECTION I.
- SECTION II.
- SECTION III.
- FALSITY.
- FALSITY OF HUMAN VIRTUES.
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