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Letter XLIL from Lien Chi Ahangi to Fum Hoam in Pekin
A letter discusses Voltaire's death, his persecuted writings, and his valor as a philosopher. It contrasts judgments of contemporaries, praises his integrity, and notes his exile to Switzerland and patronage by English and Prussian circles. The piece weaves reflections on fame, merit, and the fate of great minds amid war and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lien Chi Ahangi
Fum.Hoam
Pekin
China
Voltaire
Europe
Biggard
Confucius
Himelf
Dargens
Diderot
Dalambert
Fontenelle
Mentius
Socrates
Seneca
Dante
Galileo
Montange
Cartesius
Bacon
Locke
Eem
Prufsian
Chin
Switzerland
Holland
Petersburgh
Count Soltikoff
Vittala
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Vienna
Marshal Daun
Meiffen
Noffen
Berlin
Silesia
Pomerania
Prince Henry
de la Mothe-Fouquet
Stutterheim
Colberg
Cuftrin
Nurenburgh
Count Datin
Laudohn
Konigsgratz
Beck
Zittau
Larci
Francfort
Royal Bavaria
Friedberg
Mayn
Anhalt-Corben
Deux Ponts
Grenadiers of
France
Eritziar
Gieffen
Brusels
Dunkirk
Cork
Liege
Lower Rhine
Madrid
Barcelona
Naples
Spain
Don
Charles Reg-gio
Cadiz
Indies
Don Reggio
Procida
Commierce
Russia
Mediterranean
Rome
Republic of Genoa
Thal
M. de Angelis
Republic
Laon
Genoa
Catalonia
Africa
Pope
Chevalier de St. George
Holy See
Requel
Peral
Spitnelli
Valent
York
Elanders
Brussels
Gazette
M. de Vaux
W. Francfort
Frantfort
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