01810cam a22003133u 45000010005000000030007000050050017000120060002000290070005000310080041000360400011000770410017000880500007001051000025001122450017001372640051001543000047002053360026002523370026002783380036003045000128003405000031004685080199004995200659006985340045013576530035014028560042014379990017014794649UtSlPG20260610133128.0mcr n260607r2003||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afr2iso639-1 4aPQ1 aVoltaire,d1694-177810aMicromégas 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2003  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microm%C3%A9gas https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microm%C3%A9gas  aRelease date is 2003-11-01  aProduced 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.  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aFrench fiction -- 18th century40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4649  c46695d46695