Excerpt from A Philosophical Dictionary, Vol. 1 of 2: To Which Is Prefixed a Critical and Biographical Memoir, and a Medallion Portrait of the Author He supposed, at this time, he might aspire to a place is the French academy; ml he might well have been thought modest to have waited so long. But he had eaten much as the honour of dividing the votes of the academicians. The fat De Bose pronounced, in a dictatorial tone, that Voltaire should never be one of their dignified members. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from A Philosophical Dictionary, Vol. 2 of 2: From the French of M. De Voltaire Those who considered themselves as knowing more than the rest, took the de nomination of gnostics, knowers and this denomination was for a long time so honourable, that St. Clement of Alexan dria, in his always calls the good Christians true gnostics. Happy are they who have entered into the gnos tic holiness! He who deserves the name of gnostic, resists seducers, and gives to eve one that asks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Voltaire's Pocket Philosophical Dictionary is a major work of the European Enlightenment. It consists of a series of short essays, arranged alphabetically, whose unifying thread is an attack on religious and political intolerance. Highly entertaining, its concern with intolerance and its consequences is still relevant today.