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100 1 _aVoltaire,
_d1694-1778
245 1 0 _aMicromégas
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2003
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microm%C3%A9gas https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microm%C3%A9gas
500 _aRelease date is 2003-11-01
508 _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.
520 _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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFrench fiction -- 18th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4649
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