Autograph letter signed "V" : Paris, to Claude Adrien Helvétius, [1739] Oct. 3.

Record ID: 
309639
Accession number: 
MA 1752.12
Author: 
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Credit: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1956.
Description: 
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.3 cm
Notes: 

Year of writing originally read 1749; see Smith and Besterman.
Part of a collection of letters from Voltaire to the philosopher Claude Adrien Helvétius. Letters in the collection have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.

Summary: 

Mentioning his response to those against Newton [Réponse à toutes les objections principales qu'on a faites en France contre la philosophie de Newton]; saying that he dedicated his fourth epistle on moderation to Helvétius; discussing, at length, [Samuel] König.