TY  - BOOK
AU  - Voltaire
TI  - Micromégas
AV  - PQ 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - French fiction -- 18th century
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microm%C3%A9gas https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microm%C3%A9gas; Release date is 2003-11-01; Produced by Carlo Traverso  We thank the Bibliothèque Nationale de France that has made available the image files at www://gallica.bnf.fr, authorizing the preparation of the etext through OCR; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Micromégas" by Voltaire is a philosophical tale published in 1752. It describes the visit of two giants to Earth: Micromégas from a planet near Sirius, and the secretary of Saturn's Academy. This representative work of the Enlightenment blends social, religious, and moral criticism with scientific observation. It emphasizes philosophical relativism while rejecting metaphysical speculation in favor of empirical experimentation. The tale stands as one of the earliest philosophical stories, challenging human vanity and exploring humanity's place in the universe through reason and scientific inquiry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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ER  -