TY - BOOK AU - Voltaire AU - Leigh,Oliver Herbrand Gordon AU - Morley,John AU - Smollett,T. AU - Fleming,William F. TI - A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 04 T2 - The Works of Voltaire, A Contemporary Version, Vol. 8 AV - B PY - 2011/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Philosophy -- Dictionaries KW - Criticism (Philosophy) N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_philosophique; Release date is 2011-03-28; Produced by Andrea Ball, Christine Bell & Marc D'Hooghe (From images generously made available by the Internet Archive.); Original publication data not identified N2 - "A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 04" by Voltaire is an encyclopedic dictionary published in 1764. This alphabetically arranged work critiques the Roman Catholic Church, Judaism, Islam, and other institutions through provocative articles. Initially released anonymously as a portable, affordable text, it expanded from 73 to 120 articles across multiple editions. Born from a dinner party challenge at Frederick II's court, this lifelong project synthesizes Voltaire's views on Christianity, God, morality, and tolerance. While embraced by the public and enlightened rulers, religious authorities condemned it, burning copies across Europe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35624 ER -