La polémica entre Voltaire y La Beaumelle: a propósito del "Supplément au Siècle de Louis XIV"

The aim of this paper is to examine the extent of the critiques that La Beaumelle gives to Voltaire in the annotated edition of the Siècle de Louis XIV, published in 1753, and his response in the Supplément au Siècle de Louis XIV, published a few months later. This, on the other hand, sheds some lig...

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Main Author: Adrián Ratto
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Language:Spanish
Published: University of Bologna 2018-01-01
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Online Access:https://montesquieu.unibo.it/article/view/7758
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description The aim of this paper is to examine the extent of the critiques that La Beaumelle gives to Voltaire in the annotated edition of the Siècle de Louis XIV, published in 1753, and his response in the Supplément au Siècle de Louis XIV, published a few months later. This, on the other hand, sheds some light on a number of tensions in the Voltaire’s historiographical project. It is shown that in the historical and historiographical works of the philosopher, there are different methodology criteria and that the joint between them is problematic.
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spellingShingle Adrián Ratto
La polémica entre Voltaire y La Beaumelle: a propósito del "Supplément au Siècle de Louis XIV"
Montesquieu.it
historia
progreso
ciencia
voltaire
la beaumelle
title La polémica entre Voltaire y La Beaumelle: a propósito del "Supplément au Siècle de Louis XIV"
title_full La polémica entre Voltaire y La Beaumelle: a propósito del "Supplément au Siècle de Louis XIV"
title_fullStr La polémica entre Voltaire y La Beaumelle: a propósito del "Supplément au Siècle de Louis XIV"
title_full_unstemmed La polémica entre Voltaire y La Beaumelle: a propósito del "Supplément au Siècle de Louis XIV"
title_short La polémica entre Voltaire y La Beaumelle: a propósito del "Supplément au Siècle de Louis XIV"
title_sort la polemica entre voltaire y la beaumelle a proposito del supplement au siecle de louis xiv
topic historia
progreso
ciencia
voltaire
la beaumelle
url https://montesquieu.unibo.it/article/view/7758
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