The Historical Praise of Reason
"The Historical Praise of Reason" (original French title: "Éloge historique de la Raison") is a panegyric in the form of a biography, written by the philosopher Voltaire in 1774.
Synopsis
This fable in the form of a panegyric tells the story of the allegorical figure of Reason, who, after hiding in a well for years, finally emerges and realizes that her reign may have returned.
External links
- English translation by Adi. S Bharat in 'Pusteblume' journal of translation.
- "Éloge historique de la Raison" (in French). Wikisource.
- "Éloge historique de la Raison" audiobook
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Voltaire
works
- Letters on the English
- Elements of the Philosophy of Newton
- Zadig
- History of Charles XII
- The Age of Louis XIV
- Micromégas
- Annals of the Empire
- "Plato's Dream"
- Doctor Akakia
- "Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations"
- Candide
- Treatise on Tolerance
- Dictionnaire philosophique
- Commentaires sur Corneille
- Idées républicaines
- Questions sur les Miracles
- L'Ingénu
- "The Historical Praise of Reason"
- Précis du siècle de Louis XV
- Des singularités de la nature
- The Man of Forty Crowns
- The White Bull
- Les Dialogues d’Evhémère
- Henriade
- "Le Mondain"
- Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne
- "Épître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs"
- The Maid of Orleans
- Oedipus
- Artémire
- Hérode et Mariamne
- Brutus
- Ériphyle
- Zaïre
- La Prude
- Socrates
- Mahomet
- Mérope
- La princesse de Navarre
- Sémiramis
- Nanine
- L'Orphelin de la Chine
- La Femme qui a Raison
- Tancrède
- Don Pèdre, roi de Castille
- Sophonisbe
- Irène
- Agathocle
- Samson (opera)
- Les Délices
- Émilie du Châtelet
- Voltaire Foundation
- Ferney-Voltaire
- The Friends of Voltaire (1906 book)
- Voltaire (1933 film)
- Passionate Minds (2006 novel)
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