Copy of ‘Sermon des cinquante’, c.1758

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CMV:

CMV37564

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Fonds Diancourt, ms.2471, p.183-212

Title:

Copy of ‘Sermon des cinquante’, c.1758

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No related manuscripts found.

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Content

People:

Voltaire: Author
Unknown: Copyist

Incipit Diplomatic:

La tolérance, quoique première des vertues, la plus utile à l’homme et la plus facile a pratiquer, est cependant la moins suivie et la moins reverée.

Incipit Modernised:

La tolérance, quoique première des vertues, la plus utile à l’homme et la plus facile a pratiquer, est cependant la moins suivie et la moins reverée.

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Brief Summary:

Copy of ‘Sermon des cinquante’, c.1758.

Detailed Summary:

The MS opens with a quote that has been misattributed to Augustine.

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Physical Description

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29

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Part of a bound recueil of Voltaire texts dating to the 1750s.

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Date:

c.1758

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OCV Reference:

vol.49A, p.1-139

OCV Manuscript Reference:

vol.49A, p.55-56, ‘MS1’

Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

27 October 2025