La gloire humanisée ? Voltaire et son siècle

John R. Iverson

Histoire, économie & société, 2001, vol. 20, issue 2, 211-218

Abstract: [eng] Abstract Can glory be humanised, rendering it «sociable»? Voltaire strove to make it so, epitomizing the philosopher as a conqueror aspiring to a kind of universal monarchy and considering glory as a sign of charitable greatness. [fre] Résumé Peut-on humaniser la gloire, la rendre « sociable » ? Voltaire a voulu y parvenir en faisant du philosophe un conquérant aspirant à une forme de monarchie universelle, et de la gloire une manifestation de grandeur bienfaisante.

Date: 2001
Note: DOI:10.3406/hes.2001.2221
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