Examen

work by du Châtelet

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influence on Voltaire

  • Voltaire
    In Voltaire: Life with Mme du Châtelet

    …du Châtelet herself wrote an Examen, highly critical of the two Testaments. It was at Cirey that Voltaire, rounding out his scientific knowledge, acquired the encyclopaedic culture that was one of the outstanding facets of his genius.

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