Autograph letter from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Rheinsberg and dated 29 September 1737 [inédit]
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CMV36895
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BPH, Rep. 47, Nr. 594 (C), ‘Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet de’
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Autograph letter from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Rheinsberg and dated 29 September 1737 [inédit]
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Autograph letter from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Rheinsberg and dated 29 September 1737.
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Frederick notes that he is awaiting the arrival of the rest of Voltaire’s works. He discusses the goal of philosophical striving, concluding that it is the revealing of new truths. He ends with a characterisation of priests.
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