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螡慰渭委味蔚蟿蔚 蟺蠅蟼 蟿伪 蟿伪尉委未喂伪 蟽蟿慰 未喂维蟽蟿畏渭伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蔚蠁蔚蠉蟻蔚蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 蔚蟺慰蠂萎蟼 渭伪蟼; 螞维胃慰蟼! 螔蟻喂蟽魏蠈渭伪蟽蟿蔚 蟽蟿伪 渭苇蟽伪 蟿慰蠀 18慰蠀 伪喂蠋谓伪 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟺慰蠀 未蠉慰 蠀蠄畏位苇蟼 - 蠀蟺蔚蟻尾慰位喂魏维 蠀蠄畏位苇蟼 渭维位喂蟽蟿伪 - 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿蔚蟼, 慰 魏蠉蟻喂慰蟼 螠喂魏蚁慰渭苇纬伪蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 蟺位伪谓萎蟿畏 蟿慰蠀 危蔚委蟻喂慰蠀 蟽蠀谓慰未蔚蠀蠈渭蔚谓慰蟼 伪蟺蠈 苇谓伪谓 蟺慰位委蟿畏 蟿慰蠀 螝蟻蠈谓慰蠀, 渭伪蟼 魏维谓慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 蟿喂渭萎 谓伪 未喂伪蟽蠂委蟽慰蠀谓 蟿慰谓 慰蠀蟻维谓喂慰 胃蠈位慰 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿慰蟺慰喂萎蟽慰蠀谓 渭委伪 蟽蠉谓蟿慰渭畏 蔚蟺委蟽魏蔚蠄畏 蟽蟿畏 蟽蠁伪委蟻伪 渭伪蟼.

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First published January 1, 1752

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Voltaire

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In 1694, Age of Enlightenment leader Francois-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was born in Paris. Jesuit-educated, he began writing clever verses by the age of 12. He launched a lifelong, successful playwriting career in 1718, interrupted by imprisonment in the Bastille. Upon a second imprisonment, in which Francois adopted the pen name Voltaire, he was released after agreeing to move to London. There he wrote Lettres philosophiques (1733), which galvanized French reform. The book also satirized the religious teachings of Rene Descartes and Blaise Pascal, including Pascal's famed "wager" on God. Voltaire wrote: "The interest I have in believing a thing is not a proof of the existence of that thing." Voltaire's French publisher was sent to the Bastille and Voltaire had to escape from Paris again, as judges sentenced the book to be "torn and burned in the Palace." Voltaire spent a calm 16 years with his deistic mistress, Madame du Chatelet, in Lorraine. He met the 27 year old married mother when he was 39. In his memoirs, he wrote: "I found, in 1733, a young woman who thought as I did, and decided to spend several years in the country, cultivating her mind." He dedicated Traite de metaphysique to her. In it the Deist candidly rejected immortality and questioned belief in God. It was not published until the 1780s. Voltaire continued writing amusing but meaty philosophical plays and histories. After the earthquake that leveled Lisbon in 1755, in which 15,000 people perished and another 15,000 were wounded, Voltaire wrote Po猫me sur le d茅sastre de Lisbonne (Poem on the Lisbon Disaster): "But how conceive a God supremely good/ Who heaps his favours on the sons he loves,/ Yet scatters evil with as large a hand?"

Voltaire purchased a chateau in Geneva, where, among other works, he wrote Candide (1759). To avoid Calvinist persecution, Voltaire moved across the border to Ferney, where the wealthy writer lived for 18 years until his death. Voltaire began to openly challenge Christianity, calling it "the infamous thing." He wrote Frederick the Great: "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected the world." Voltaire ended every letter to friends with "Ecrasez l'infame" (crush the infamy 鈥� the Christian religion). His pamphlet, The Sermon on the Fifty (1762) went after transubstantiation, miracles, biblical contradictions, the Jewish religion, and the Christian God. Voltaire wrote that a true god "surely cannot have been born of a girl, nor died on the gibbet, nor be eaten in a piece of dough," or inspired "books, filled with contradictions, madness, and horror." He also published excerpts of Testament of the Abbe Meslier, by an atheist priest, in Holland, which advanced the Enlightenment. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary was published in 1764 without his name. Although the first edition immediately sold out, Geneva officials, followed by Dutch and Parisian, had the books burned. It was published in 1769 as two large volumes. Voltaire campaigned fiercely against civil atrocities in the name of religion, writing pamphlets and commentaries about the barbaric execution of a Huguenot trader, who was first broken at the wheel, then burned at the stake, in 1762. Voltaire's campaign for justice and restitution ended with a posthumous retrial in 1765, during which 40 Parisian judges declared the defendant innocent. Voltaire urgently tried to save the life of Chevalier de la Barre, a 19 year old sentenced to death for blasphemy for failing to remove his hat during a religious procession. In 1766, Chevalier was beheaded after being tortured, then his body was burned, along with a copy of Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary. Voltaire's statue at the Pantheon was melted down during Nazi occupation. D. 1778.

Voltaire (1694-1778), pseud贸nimo de Fran莽ois-

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August 23, 2023
- 丕乇亘毓 賯氐氐 賯氐賷乇丞 賲賳 賲賳馗賵乇 賮賱爻賮賷 賲亘爻賾胤.

- 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 乇丕卅毓丞貙 賵丕賱賱睾丞 乇丕賯賷丞 噩丿丕賸.

- 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 匕丕鬲 賲毓丕賳賺 賰孬賷乇丞貙 賵鬲爻鬲毓乇囟 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賳馗乇賷丕鬲 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷丞 賲賳 夭乇丕丿卮鬲 丕賱賶 丕乇爻胤賵 丕賱賶 丿賷賰丕乇鬲... 賵賳賴丕賷鬲賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 賲賲鬲丕夭丞 亘丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱兀亘賷囟貙 賵丕賱廿爻賯丕胤丕鬲 丕賱賵囟毓賷丞 丕鬲鬲 賲賲賷夭丞 禺氐賵氐丕賸 毓賳丿 丕爻鬲毓乇丕囟 丕賱兀毓賲丕乇 賱賱毓賲丕賱賯丞 賵賳爻亘丞 賲毓乇賮鬲賴賲 丕賱賳爻亘賷丞 賱賱賰賵賳 賵賲賳 孬賲 丕賱賲賯丕乇賳丞 賲毓 丨卮乇丞 (丕賱廿賳爻丕賳) 賵丕丿毓丕亍丕鬲賴.
丕賱賯氐氐 丕賱孬賱丕孬 丕賱丕禺乇賶 噩賷丿丞 賵鬲爻鬲丨賯 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞.
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December 6, 2020
LETTER to my favorite TEACHER

Dear Mrs. Flick:

I love reading long long books. This one is Gera's favorite and his worldview stems from it: a very short but meaty metaphysical poem. Well, it reads like a poem (since I think short stories are more related to them than to actual novels). Without a doubt the one effect it has on the reader is (because everyone that has the chance to read it will surely feel the same way:) dumbfoundment at the scale of things--especially our relationship to the enormous globe. In less than twenty pages, Voltaire shows our insignificance, presents it so beautifully and with such majesty (which is of paramount importance when undertaking the difficult task of building something completely outside of ourselves). This is why YOU MUST MAKE YOUR STUDENTS GET THEIR HANDS ON THIS, or BETTER YET, MAKE THEM READ MICROMEGAS, a REQUIREMENT. Only to teach humility; only to expand their acknowledgement of the entire world in relation to their own personal journeys. It is a lesson that no one learns too soon: we are but spots, maybe a parasitic disease upon the earth. MEDIOCRITY AND ITS ACCEPTANCE OF IT MUST BE STOPPED!!!

This work could be very well forgotten. MAKE THE KIDS READ IT!! (It would take but less than one whole school period!) When MICROMEGAS falsely labels the earth as the "World of the whales" is probably the most masterful touch in this work of art. Encourage your students to pinpoint when their life-view is completely altered by this.

Yours,
Fabian M.
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September 28, 2020
My first Voltaire. I had such a good time with this short story. Science fiction before I knew anyone was writing science fiction and a lot of clever satire. Sophisticated and imaginative and entertaining. Voltaire takes aim at a lot of philosophers and others and the dialogue is very funny. I laughed out loud reading most of the few pages.

I learned about this story in a nonfiction book about Mars. How wonderful that you never know what you'll run across in a book. On to Candide soon and if all his writing is this clever and spot-on, want to read everything Voltaire has written.

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May 24, 2022
Algo de surrealismo, viajes planetarios, gigantes, conversaciones y mucha filosof铆a.
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May 28, 2019
This, for me, is a perfect little book鈥攑art science-fiction, part philosophy, and all wit.

I confess that I have always been somewhat lukewarm towards the more famous Candide, perhaps because that book pokes fun at an idea that I have never believed nor even taken seriously鈥攏amely, that we live in the best of all possible worlds. But this book explores an idea which I have often contemplated: the smallness of our species in the universe.

In a way, the idea is not very sensible, since size is a relative term, and in any case physical size has nothing to do with importance. Nevertheless, when you look out of a plane window or down a skyscraper, and marvel at the almost comical smallness of buildings, cars, and people, it is an irresistible thought鈥攖hat all of the things we concern ourselves with are ultimately without consequence.

One can perhaps see this book as a farcical precursor to Carl Sagan鈥檚 Pale Blue Dot, which uses science rather than wit to emphasis our littleness. Both books come to the same point: we do not know far more than we know, we cover our ignorance with myths and theories, and we fight and kill one another for absolute trivialities. As one of the book鈥檚 philosopher says, 鈥淒id you know, for example, that as I am speaking with you, there are 100,000 madmen of our species wearing hats, killing 100,00 other animals wearing turbans, or being massacred by them, and that we have used almost the whole surface of the Earth for this purpose since time immemorial?鈥�

The final message of the book is rather bleak and even nihilistic, if lightened by Voltaire鈥檚 humor: that humanity is vanishingly unimportant. This is not exactly good philosophy, nor is it even necessarily good moralizing, since if nothing means anything we might as well do what we want. However, this 鈥渃osmic鈥� perspective can, I think, be used to moderate ourselves: as a timely reminder of our ultimate ignorance and of our ultimate insignificance. It can at least help us to take ourselves a little less seriously. And, as Betrand Russell observed of Spinoza鈥檚 cosmic philosophy:
There are even times when it is comforting to reflect that human life, with all that it contains of evil and suffering, is an infinitesimal part of the life of the universe. Such reflections may not suffice to constitute a religion, but in a painful world they are a help towards sanity and an antidote to the paralysis of utter despair.
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April 10, 2023
Loving my adventure with browsing books od specific themes trough the ebook series "3 books to know..". This time I read this from an Alien invasion collection. Some of this, like the explaining of heights and other went completely over my head. But I definitely enjoyed this slightly quirky version of aliens and the depictions of human and human being the ones who is observed.
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February 21, 2017
18th century SF. :) Gotta love it just for that.

Otherwise, my estimation of Voltaire continues to rise! I always loved his stuff before and while this doesn't have quite the social impact that something like had, it certainly puts the rod to the church with its "blow your mind" idea of turning all us ants into something even more insignificant. :)

I see your enormous cathedral and raise you a thousand-league footprint. :)

Short and sweet and so scientific... these giants are giants of erudition and learning! Of course, they laugh at the idea that us little ants mean crap because we only live for mere dozens of years while they live for thousands. I mean, seriously.

Very impressive for its time and message. I know it's not entirely all about SF but it IS still an SF tale and one of the very first.

I'm so glad that Ada Palmer turned me on to it. :)
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July 25, 2016

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丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 (賲賲賳賵賳) 賷賳丕賯卮 賮賷賴丕 丕賱丨賰賲丞 丕賱賰丕賲賱丞貙 賮賷丿賮毓 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丨賷丕鬲賴 賮賷 爻亘賷賱 丕賱賵氐賵賱 賱賱賰賲丕賱 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賵噩賵丿 賱賴..

丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 (丕賱夭賵噩丞 丕賱賲禺賱氐丞) 賷賳鬲賯丿 賮賷賴丕 丕賱夭賵噩丕鬲 丕賱賲賳丕賮賯丕鬲 丕賱賱賵丕鬲賷 賷鬲馗丕賴乇賳 亘毓卮賯 兀夭賵丕噩賴賲 賵丨丕賱賲丕 賷購氐丕亘 賴丐賱丕亍 丕賱兀夭賵丕噩 亘兀匕賶 兀賵 鬲賵丕賮賷賴賲 丕賱賲賳賷賾丞貙 賷爻丕乇毓賳 廿賱賶 丕賱丕乇鬲賲丕亍 賮賷 兀丨囟丕賳 丕賱毓乇賷爻 丕賱賲購乇鬲賯亘.

丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱乇丕亘毓丞 (爻賷夭賵爻鬲乇賷爻) 賷賳丕賯卮 賮賷賴丕 賲爻兀賱丞 爻賱胤丞 丕賱丨購亘 賵丕賱卮賴賵丞 賵丕賱賲噩丿.. 賵賰賷賮 賷賱賴孬 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱胤賲賾丕毓 丕賱噩卮毓 賵乇丕亍賴丕.

賲賲鬲毓丞貙 賲爻賱賷賾丞 賵毓賲賷賯丞 噩丿丕賸 毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 氐睾乇 丨噩賲賴丕.

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June 11, 2021
Wow, Voltaire very beautifully shows in this short story how ridiculously insignificant we are; infinitesimal fleeting beings with insanely great prides.

update: rereading this in 2021. Wow. what indeed a beautiful read. what still stands out for me is the way 鈥渃reatures鈥� -just to be generic- tend to focus on what鈥檚 out of their reach, and often trivialize what they cannot comprehend. the way we鈥檙e infinitesimal and appear to be limited however are also powerful, frivolous and unapologetically arrogant that we鈥檇 kill each other over a piece of land.
it is super fun seeing how micromegas and the dwarf from Saturn listed down their robust attributes however felt extremely minute the moment they were challenged by the animalcules or the atoms that are humans, that despite their insignificance proved to have ideas, and understandings that extended to metaphysics.

"賵丨賲賱賴丕 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 廿賳賴 賰丕賳 馗賱賵賲賸丕 噩賴賵賱賸丕".
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812 reviews
June 20, 2020
A very bizarre three stars. I love Voltaire and on some things his mind can cut like a razor鈥�- ow! He said many things that do make so much sense to me. Some of his intelligence and wit are immortalized in my most favorite of quotes; but I gotta say鈥� this one is unique. So I鈥檓 going for middle ground.
The narrator is the bomb though.
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Author听10 books521 followers
February 9, 2020
Voltaire exposes all the conceits of humanity in about 30 pages...and makes you laugh while he does it.
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1,336 reviews221 followers
February 15, 2017
3.5

"I see more than ever that one must not judge anything by its apparent size."

A being from a planet circling the star Sirius visits the Earth with his companion from the planet Saturn, both of gargantuan size. This scifi short story deals with perception and point of view, but also allowed the philosopher Voltaire to comment on his contemporary society.

Amazing to think it was written so long ago.
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March 19, 2020
螔伪胃渭慰位慰纬委伪: 7/10

螤蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 渭喂伪 蠅蟻伪委伪 魏伪喂 蔚蠀蠂维蟻喂蟽蟿畏 蠁喂位慰蟽慰蠁喂魏萎 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂伪 蔚蟺喂蟽蟿畏渭慰谓喂魏萎蟼 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委伪蟼, 渭蔚 苇尉蠀蟺谓慰 蠂喂慰蠉渭慰蟻 魏伪喂 渭喂伪 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蔚喂蟻蠅谓喂魏萎 未喂维胃蔚蟽畏, 蟺慰蠀 魏伪蟿伪蠁苇蟻谓蔚喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 位委纬蔚蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 谓伪 胃委尉蔚喂 慰蟻喂蟽渭苇谓伪 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓蟿伪 味畏蟿萎渭伪蟿伪, 魏伪喂 蔚蟺喂蟺位苇慰谓 谓伪 未蠋蟽蔚喂 伪蟻魏蔚蟿萎 蟿蟻慰蠁萎 纬喂伪 蟽魏苇蠄畏. 螔苇尾伪喂伪, 未蔚谓 蟿伪 纬位喂蟿蠋谓蔚喂 蟿伪 蟿蟻委伪 伪蟽蟿蔚蟻维魏喂伪 蟽蟿慰 欧宝娱乐 蟿蔚位喂魏维 (未蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻蠋 谓伪 尾维位蠅 蟿蟻喂维渭喂蟽喂), 纬喂伪蟿委 未蔚谓 渭蔚 蟽蠀纬魏位蠈谓喂蟽蔚 魏喂蠈位伪蟼, 伪位位维 蟺维谓蟿蠅蟼 蟺苇蟻伪蟽伪 魏伪位维.
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When reading other reviews online--not highly literate ones, not highly technical ones--ones I can understand, I admit--I find that this 肠辞苍迟茅 or tale is often called "philosophical science fiction". I argue that the tale is truly science fiction.

Before science as we know it with evermore information, criteria, and specialization, there was natural philosophy. For me this assertion is on something more than complete abstraction.

* In (first published 1956) edited by , Sterne or one of the writers of the essays he compiled/edited talked about how philosophy, literature, and history did not make a clear divide until sometime in the 19th century. Natural philosophy would be one of the philosophies indicated in that concept. Spiritual philosophy/divinity/theology would also be included.

* In the late 1990s and early 2000s there was an effort to reunite human thought and understanding. It seems to have been a failed effort. I have not read or heard of any dialogue about that effort for 20 years. We have completely lost the thought-thread that holds all our information together.

But once we knew. Voltaire knew. His contemporary readers did too.

So what does this old-time science called natural philosophy look like? And what is this science/natural philosophy used in Micromegas?

I once bought a natural science book at the local used bookstore Thriftbooks for a very few dollars. I recognized it as the type of questions my scientific-minded young son asked. Here are the types of questions he asked and this book answered: What is the nature of ----? Tell me again how ----- works. No complicated answers, just answers that I his mother with my good basic education could understand and explain to a young child. We would go to the library to get more specialized information when my done needed more answers.

Notice that Voltaire is asking about the nature of things. He needs to categorize people, creatures, and other things he encounters. This is more or less like our scientific categorization.

Categorization is never stable. What the narrator talks about has changeability and fluidity, as we expect of the scientific process and what we expect a work of science fiction even of the older works such as which also is largely philosophical, considering social and political philosophy. Or such as which can also be understood as being largely philosophical, considering medical phiosophy.

The narrator notices and understands somethings and not others. But then people never really appreciate what they have. This is true of Micromegas himself not quite appreciating some of the greatest of this time, including a natural philosopher. So people miscategorize, misunderstand, misjudge--and recategorize, relearn, reassess. The narrator reaches that insight about others. In the usual way of things, in time Micromegas will recognize it of himself long after the tale ends.

We the readers get to philosophize too on the nature of Micromegas as he is so complex. We--or I--would like to make sense of Micromegas. But he is difficult to categorize. . . . Ahh is tale is written by Voltaire for what oh what is he satirizing? My desire to come to neat conclusion about this tale. . . . Oh that cannot be. . . .I can only get a glimmer of his irony , humor directed at his readers. Ahh Voltaire, you got me.
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January 19, 2022
...ama 莽ok iyi bilirsiniz ki, bedenin unsurlar谋na ayr谋艧arak, bir ba艧ka bi莽im alt谋nda do臒ay谋 canland谋rmas谋 gerekti臒inde, buna 枚l眉m denir, bu ba艧kala艧谋m an谋 geldi臒inde, sonsuz uzun ya艧amakla, bir g眉n ya艧amak aras谋nda hi莽bir fark kalmaz." (s.16)

脰l眉m'眉 bundan daha bilgece anlatan hi莽bir 艧ey okumad谋m! 1694 y谋l谋nda do臒an Voltaire, size de acaba bende oldu臒u gibi; sanki g眉n眉m眉zden ge莽mi艧e yolculuk yapm谋艧 bir insan gibi gelmiyor mu? Zaman谋n谋n geli艧meleri, olaylar谋 onun i莽in 枚yle sa莽ma ki; adeta b眉t眉n d眉nyay谋 k枚艧esinden kahkaha atarak izliyor gibi.

Bu sivri dili y眉z眉nden hapis dahi yatm谋艧 olsa da; okurken o kadar 莽ok e臒leniyorum ki.

脰rnek vereyim:
"陌sfahan'a vard谋臒谋mda kara koyunun mu ak koyunun mu taraf谋n谋 tuttu臒umu sordular. Etinin yumu艧ak olmas谋 艧art谋yla benim i莽in fark etmeyece臒ini s枚yledim. 陌ranl谋lar谋n o s谋ralar Akkoyunlu ve Karakoyunlu diye ikiye ayr谋ld谋臒谋n谋 bilmek gerekiyordu. 陌ki tarafla da alay edildi臒im san谋ld谋." (s.53)

Frans谋z Devrimi'ni en 莽ok etkileyen isimlerden birisi olan Voltaire ayn谋 zamanda d枚nemin geri kafal谋 pek 莽ok uygulamalar谋n谋n da amans谋z d眉艧man谋. Zaten bu kitapta da bunun 枚rneklerini sat谋r aralar谋nda okuyabilirsiniz.

2008 y谋l谋nda ile iyimserli臒i ala艧a臒谋 eden; insan谋n y眉z眉ne tokat gibi inen kitab谋yla tan谋艧m谋艧t谋m. Bundan be艧 y谋l sonra 2013'te de ile yeniden ziyaretine gitti臒im Voltaire'i ile 4 y谋l sonra tekrar bu sat谋rlarla okumak beni tekrar o duygulara g枚t眉rd眉.

Micromegas'a d枚nelim. Bu uzun 枚yk眉 Jonathan Swift'in 1726 y谋l谋nda tamamlad谋臒谋 'nden yakla艧谋k 26 y谋l sonra yaz谋lm谋艧, insan merkezci alg谋y谋 derinden sarsacak denli g眉莽l眉 bir satirik eser. Bu eserinde hicvini daha 莽ok insan谋n kendisini 莽ok 枚nemli bulmas谋 眉zerinde yapm谋艧;

"D眉nyay谋 ellerinde tutabilen ve organlar谋n谋n orant谋s谋 bizimkiyle ayn谋 olan bir madde bi莽imi tasavvur ediniz, 眉stelik bu maddeden pekala 莽ok say谋da bulunabilir. Bu durumda, daha sonra kaybetmek zorunda kalaca臒谋m谋z iki k枚y kazanmak i莽in girdi臒imiz 艧u sava艧lar hakk谋nda bu varl谋klar谋n ne d眉艧眉nece臒ini l眉tfen bir d眉艧眉n眉n." (s.28)

Devasa canl谋lar谋n, atom boyutundaki insanlar谋 inceledi臒ini d眉艧眉nd眉臒眉m眉zde, girdi臒imiz sava艧lar谋n, ya艧ad谋臒谋m谋z 莽o臒u 艧eyin ne kadar anlams谋z olaca臒谋n谋 hayal edin. 陌艧te Voltaire bu eserinde en 莽ok bu konuyu vurgulamak istemi艧. Swift'in (hen眉z okuma 艧erefine nail olamad谋臒谋m lakin konu olarak bildi臒im) kitab谋nda oldu臒u gibi 枚l莽眉leri astronomik farkl谋l谋klar谋 olan insanlar谋 kar艧谋la艧t谋r谋rken belki fark etmeden 莽a臒da艧 bilim kurgunun ilk ve g眉莽l眉 枚rneklerinden birini ortaya 莽谋karm谋艧. Bu kitapta yine 莽a臒da艧 bilim kurgunun ilk 枚rneklerinden birisi kabul edilen Platon'un D眉艧眉 de bulunuyor. Bu eser, haf谋zam beni yan谋ltm谋yor ise Platon'un 'undaki insan谋n 莽ift nitelikli oldu臒u y枚n眉ndeki diyaloguna g枚nderme yaparak ba艧lar. K谋sac谋k olmas谋na ra臒men Candide kitab谋nda da ortaya ataca臒谋 fikirlerin n眉velerini bar谋nd谋rmaktad谋r.

Yukar谋da mizahi y枚n眉n眉 枚rnek verdi臒im metnin de ge莽ti臒i Scarmentado'nun Seyahatlerinin 脰yk眉s眉 sanki Candide kitab谋nda ortaya koyaca臒谋 fikirlerin n眉velerini olu艧turabilecek mesajlar i莽eren bir di臒er 枚yk眉s眉. Bu konuyu detayl谋ca ara艧t谋rmad谋m ama bu iki 枚yk眉 Candide i莽in bir 枚n haz谋rl谋k olabilir.

K谋sacas谋, Voltaire; benim i莽in adeta bir zaman yolcusudur. 脟a臒谋n谋n abs眉rtl眉klerini 枚yle ustaca bir dille hicveder ki sanki 莽a臒谋ndan 莽ok 枚teye aittir o, bug眉ne ve yar谋na aittir.

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This 1752 novella by Voltaire is the first of his philosophical romances, but it is a long way from being his best. The best of course is Candide, that magnificent skewering of that worst of all philosophical ideas, namely, the best of all possible worlds. But there are two other prose romances of Voltaire鈥檚鈥�Zadig and 鈥淭he Huron, or the Pupil of Nature鈥濃€攖hat are much better than 鈥淢icromegas鈥� too, and both are based on much the same premise: an outsider examines contemporary society, and finds much that is baffling, ludicrous, and contemptible there.

In this case, the outsider is from outer space, an inhabitant of one of the planets of Sirius. (Thus Micromegasis, among other things, an extremely early work of science fiction, and therefore of considerable history interest. Banished from his own planet for heresy, he decides鈥攁ccompanied by the Secretary of the Academy of Saturn鈥攖o investigate our solar system. So of course they check out Earth.

The central conceit of the novella鈥攁nd the continual source of its humor鈥攊s that both the protagonist Micromegas and his friend the Secretary (who is so small that Micromegas considers him a dwarf), are both incredibly huge by earth standards, much smarter than humans, live much longer than we do, and are equipped with scores of senses as opposed to five. As a consequence, it is very difficult for these two aliens to take the pretentions of earth people seriously.

Here鈥檚 a sample passage, in which one of the philosophers of earth explains the 鈥渢he Sirian鈥� the human institution called war:
鈥滵id you know, for example, that as I am speaking with you, there are 100,000 madmen of our species wearing hats, killing 100,000 other animals wearing turbans, or being massacred by them, and that we have used almost surface of the Earth for this purpose since time immemorial?鈥�

The Sirian shuddered, and asked the reason for these horrible quarrels between such puny animals.

鈥淚t is a matter,鈥� said the philosopher, 鈥渙f some piles of mud as big as your heel. It is not that any of these millions of men that slit each other鈥檚 throats care about this pile of mud. It is only a matter of determining if it should belong to a certain man who we call 鈥楽ultan,鈥� or to another who we call, for whatever reason, 鈥楥zar.鈥� Neither one has ever seen nor will ever see the little piece of Earth, and almost none of these animals that mutually kill themselves have ever seen the animal for which they kill.鈥�

鈥淥h! Cruel fate!鈥� cried the Sirian with indignation, 鈥渨ho could conceive of this excess of maniacal rage! It makes me want to take three steps and crush this whole anthill of ridiculous assassins.鈥�
鈥淒o not waste your time,鈥� someone responded, 鈥渢hey are working towards ruin quickly enough. Know that after ten years only one hundredth of these scoundrels will be here. Know that even if they have not drawn swords, hunger, fatigue, or intemperance will overtake them.鈥�

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December 6, 2023
Si nos proponemos buscar las simientes de la Ciencia Ficci贸n, es l贸gico que nos sumerjamos en la ficci贸n filos贸fica, y uno de los principales cultivadores tempranos de este tipo de literatura (que cobr贸 auge en el siglo XIX) fue el franc茅s Voltaire, entre cuya obra destacan dos relatos generalmente considerados como una excepcional muestra de lo que se podr铆a denominar protociencia ficci贸n: "El sue帽o de Plat贸n" (1756) y "Micromegas" (1752).

En este fant谩stico relato nuestro protagonista es el gigante Micromegas (desde mi punto de vista, el 谩lter ego del mismo Voltaire), un joven extraterrestre que mide ocho leguas de altura, el cual emprende un viaje por las inmensidades del espacio y hace una especial escala en algo parecido a un hormiguero, que no es otra cosa que nuestra Tierra. Lo que 茅l ve a trav茅s de improvisadas lentes de aumento es la locura de una sociedad donde imperan las "verdades" dogm谩ticas, la injusticia "con la distribuci贸n irracional de la riqueza" las guerras y la ignorancia en oposici贸n a sus ideales 茅ticos, que son el sentido com煤n y el buen uso de la ciencia. S贸lo con la raz贸n, concluye nuestro Micromegas/Voltaire, es posible que el hombre alcance su plenitud; eso s铆, una plenitud modestamente humana.
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November 15, 2020
Me ha sorprendido bastante este relato corto del fil贸sofo franc茅s Voltaire. Tenemos la impresi贸n (al menos a mi me pasa) de que el tema de los extraterrestres y los viajes por la galaxia son algo muy actual, ..y f铆jate, ya estaban presentes en la literatura de mediados del siglo XVIII.
Tiene algo de los viajes de Gulliver, y hay mucho de Micromegas en El Principito.
Todo ello con reflexiones filos贸ficas (no pod铆a ser de otra manera), que te hacen pensar.
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鈥溫ㄙ� 賴賲 兀賵賱卅賰 丕賱亘乇丕亘乇丞 丕賱賯丕毓丿賵賳貙 丕賱匕賷賳 賷氐丿乇賵賳 賲賳 丿丕禺賱 丿賵丕賵賷賳賴賲 賵賮賷 兀賵賷賯丕鬲 丕賱賴囟賲
兀賵丕賲乇賻賴賲 亘賯鬲賱 賲賱賷賵賳 乇噩賱貙 孬賲 賷丨賲丿賵賳 丕賱賱賴 毓賱賳賸丕 毓賱賶 賲丕 賮毓賱賵丕.

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鈥溬堎傌з� 丕賱鬲丕亘毓 賱賲匕賴亘 丿賷賰丕乇鬲: 丕賱賳賮爻 賴賷 乇賵丨 胤丕賴乇丞貙 丕賰鬲爻亘鬲 賮賷 兀丨卮丕亍 兀賲賴丕 噩賲賷毓 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇
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丕賱噩丕賴貙 賵賱賳 兀丨爻丿 兀丨丿賸丕 賵賱賳 賷丨爻丿賳賷 兀丨丿貙 兀賲丕 兀氐丿賯丕卅賷 賮爻兀丨鬲賮馗 亘賴賲貨 賱兀賳賴賲 賱賳 賷噩丿賵丕 毓賳丿賷
賲賵囟賵毓賸丕 賱賳夭丕毓貙 賵賴匕丕 兀賷囟賸丕 賲賳 丕賱爻賴賵賱丞 亘賲賰丕賳.

鈥溫� 胤亘毓 毓賱賶 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賯亘賱鬲賷賳 賵賴賵 賲丕囟賺貙 賵賱賰賳賴 賵賴亘 賯賱亘賴 賱賱孬丕賳賷丞.鈥�
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456 reviews53 followers
November 16, 2018
L'ironia, innanzitutto
Del multiforme genio di Voltaire, volendo e potendo, si potrebbe scrivere a lungo. Personalmente non ne sono in grado, mi limito a godermi le sue opere e ad ammirarlo. Borges, lettore migliore del sottoscritto, sottolinea tra l'altro che "i lucidi racconti di Voltaire sono puri ed elevati giochi che non esigono credulit脿 ma una volontaria e gioiosa partecipazione": riassunto perfetto degli aspetti fondamentali di gran parte dell'opera del francese (a cui va aggiunta "la miglior prosa della lingua francese e forse del mondo" - qui J.L.B. esagera, ma 猫 perdonabile).

Giusto due estratti, tanto per stimolar l'appetito...

"Racconter貌 ingenuamente come la cosa and貌, senza metterci nulla del mio, che per uno storico non 猫 piccolo sforzo."

"Bisogna pur citare, quello che non si capisce per niente, nella lingua che meno si intende."
- Micromegas -
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67 reviews55 followers
July 26, 2016
廿賳賴賻 丕賱丨賰賲丞 ! 丕賱丨賰賲丞 丕賱禺丕賱氐丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲亘丨孬購 毓賳丕 賵賳鬲噩丕賴賱賴丕 ..
丕賱賯氐氐 賰丕賳鬲 賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱丨賰賲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓賱賲購賳丕 賰賷賮賷丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 貙 廿賳 丕賱賵賯鬲 賱廿賷噩丕丿 賳賮爻賳丕 丕賱鬲丕卅賴丞 賷賷丿兀 亘賯氐丞 毓丕丿賷丞 賵賱賰賳 爻乇毓丕賳 賲丕鬲鬲丨賵賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 廿賱賶 賱睾夭 賵賲賳 賱睾夭 廿賱賶 鬲乇賲賷夭 賵賲賳 鬲乇賲賷夭 廿賱賶 鬲睾賷賷乇 兀賵 鬲亘賱丿!
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201 reviews19 followers
May 31, 2024
毓購乇賮 冥賵賱鬲賷乇 亘丕爻賱賵亘賴 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷 丕賱爻丕禺乇 賵 胤乇丕賮丞 丕爻賱賵亘賴 賵 賴匕丕 賷鬲囟丨 噩丿丕賸 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐氐 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賮賷囟 賮賱爻賮丞 賵 丿毓丕亘丞 賮賷 胤乇丨 亘毓囟 丕賱賲爻丕卅賱 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷丞 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 賯氐氐 賯氐賷乇丞 賲賵噩賾賴丞 賵丕囟丨丞
賮賷 賯氐丞 賲賷賰乇賵賲賷睾丕爻 賷鬲賳丕賵賱 賲賵囟賵毓 夭賴賵 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 亘賳賮爻賴 賵 賰賽亘乇賴 賵 毓噩乇賮鬲賴 乇睾賲 氐睾乇 丨噩賲賴 .. 丕賷賲丕賳賴 亘兀賳 丕賱丕賰賵丕賳 賵 賰賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 禺賱賯 賲賳 丕噩賱賴 賴賵 賵 賴賵 丨卮乇丞 氐睾賷乇丞 賱丕 鬲賰丕丿 鬲乇賶 亘丕賱賲賷賰乇賵爻賰賵亘
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賯氐丞 噩賲賷賱丞 噩丿丕賸

賯氐丞 賲賲賳賵賳 丕賱胤乇賷賮丞 噩丿丕賸 賵 亘丨孬賴 毓賳 丕賱丨賰賲丞 丕賱賲胤賱賯丞 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 賵噩賵丿 賱賴丕 賵 賮卮賱賴 賮賷 丕賵賱 丕禺鬲亘丕乇 賱賴 賱鬲丨賯賷賯 賲丕 毓夭賲 毓賱賷賴 鈥�.
賷噩毓賱賳丕 賳鬲爻丕亍賱 丕賷 賯丿乇 賳乇賷丿 丕賳 賳氐賱賴 賲賳 丕賱丨賰賲丞責 賲賳 賴賲 兀氐丿賯丕丐賳丕責 賲毓賯賵賱賷丞 賲胤丕賱亘賳丕 賵 噩丿賷鬲賳丕 賮賷 爻毓賷賳丕 賱賴丕 責!!


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Author听12 books637 followers
July 25, 2016
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賴匕丕 賴賵 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱孬丕賳賷 丕賱匕賷 兀賯乇丐賴 賱賮賵賱鬲賷乇.
賴賵 亘丕賱鬲兀賰賷丿 賱賷爻 亘噩賵丿丞 賰丕賳丿賷丿. 賵賱賰賳賴 賷爻鬲丨賯 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 毓賱賶 兀賷丞 丨丕賱.

賲丕 賷賲賷夭賴 賴賵 賲賯丿丕乇 丕賱丨賰賲丞 丕賱噩賷賾丿 賮賷賴. 賵兀賷囟丕賸 賷鬲賲賷夭 亘亘爻丕胤丞 賴匕賴 丕賱丨賰賲 賵毓賲賯賴丕. 賰賲丕 丕賳 賮賵賱鬲賷乇 丕毓鬲賲丿 賮賷賴 兀爻賱賵亘丕賸 噩賲賷賱丕賸 賵賴賵 鬲賱禺賷氐 丕賱丨賰賲丞 丕賱賰賱賷賾丞 賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 賰賱 賯氐丞 亘爻胤乇 兀賵 爻胤乇賷賳.

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賰鬲丕亘 禺賮賷賮 賵噩賲賷賱.
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379 reviews19 followers
January 30, 2019
A simple plot designed to bring individuals completely alien (in the literal, extra-planetary sense of the word) into conversation with one another concerning mathematics, science, and philosophy. Some interesting, ahead-of-their-time ideas, presented with a bit of wry humor. Overall not a fantastic book, but an intriguing example of proto science fiction from 1752
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Author听2 books7 followers
September 18, 2023
Nereden ba艧lamal谋? Kara mizaha bay谋l谋yorum. Voltaire as谋rlar 枚nce yazd谋臒谋 bu kitab谋yla fars谋n, incelikli alay谋n, k谋ssan谋n, n眉ktenin, retori臒in has谋n谋 vermi艧, be艧eri ve ahlaki kal谋plar谋n sabun kal谋b谋 gibi elimizde eriyekald谋臒谋 ya艧ant谋m谋z谋 t眉m 莽谋plakl谋臒谋yla (daha 莽ok filozoflar谋n) y眉z眉m眉ze vurmu艧 ve dahi -bana g枚re- "D眉nyan谋n Durdu臒u G眉n" (The Day The Earth Stood Still, 1951) gibi bir klasi臒in 莽谋k谋艧 noktas谋n谋 bizlere kazand谋rm谋艧t谋r: Yukar谋dan, d谋艧 (geni艧) pencerede (莽er莽evede) insanl谋臒a, d眉nyam谋za bakt谋臒谋m谋zda 莽o臒umuzun bug眉n d眉艧眉nd眉klerini ustal谋kla kaleme alm谋艧 bu d眉艧眉n眉re minnetimizi ne kadar sunsak azd谋r, tabii kifayet dolab谋m谋z elverdi臒ince.

Kitapta yer alan hi莽bir 枚yk眉 bo艧 ge莽miyor, her biri ana 枚yk眉 olan Micromegas'谋n etkisini per莽inlemekle kalm谋yor, tek ba艧谋na esere ve bizlere de臒er kat谋yorlar. Her evde bulunmas谋 gerekti臒ini d眉艧眉nd眉臒眉m bu kitab谋n 莽evirmenlerinden de bahsetmek istiyorum:

Alfa'da Lovecraft ve Poe 莽evirileri ile tan谋d谋臒谋m谋z Hasan Fehmi Nemli var. K谋rm谋z谋 Kedi'nin Babil Kitapl谋臒谋 serisinden 莽谋kan edisyonda ise 陌艧 Bankas谋 i莽in Moliere ve yine Voltaire 莽evirmi艧 Berna G眉nen var. Not ald谋臒谋m kimi pasajlar谋 hangi terc眉man daha iyi 莽evirmi艧 diye bakt谋m: Kiminde Nemli daha leziz bir 莽eviri sunarken kimindeyse G眉nen'in direkt "do臒ru" 莽evirisi Nemli'yi nakavt etmi艧. 陌lgili b枚l眉mleri vaktim oldu臒unda ekleyece臒im. Ard谋ndan okumaya giri艧ti臒im D眉z眉lke'yi yar谋m b谋rakmama sebep olan hu艧unun sarho艧lu臒unda 枚vg眉den ibaret kriti臒imi -艧imdilik- noktal谋yorum.
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393 reviews
August 24, 2020
T茫o bom. T茫o cheio de entrelinhas. T茫o pequeno mas t茫o grande. Considero este conto um prolongamento do "C芒ndido" [ou vice-versa]. Sintetiza o cepticismo e ironia de Voltaire em rela莽茫o ao pretenso saber da filosofia e dos fil贸sofos. Por茅m, o tom 茅 ternurento. O que n茫o 茅 muito habitual em Voltaire. Micr贸mega, o gigante do espa莽o, enamora-se por este sonho de azul e gravidade que 茅 a Terra. Quer conhecer melhor esta pequena luz no infinito. Desce 脿 Terra e deleita-se com os pequenos nadas que s茫o as vidas dos seres humanos. Quer cuidar destes seres cheios de fadigas e dores. Mas cedo se apercebe que os homens t锚m a pretens茫o de aprofundarem os seus destinos. Os mesmos homens que lhe revelam sistemas filos贸ficos [todos ris铆veis]. O gigante oscila entre o riso e a ternura por estes homens que constru铆ram teorias sobres os mil "porqu锚s" de um universo que os ultrapassa infinitamente. Micr贸mega julga aqueles fil贸sofos que Voltaire desprezava, por causa desse orgulho infinitamente grande que n茫o conv茅m aos que s茫o infinitamente pequenos.
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96 reviews4 followers
October 25, 2024
"This passage of Aristotle, On the Soul, book II, chapter II, is translated thusly by Casaubon: Anima quaedam perfectio et actus ac ratio est quod potentiam habet ut ejusmodi sit.

'I do not understand Greek very well,' said the giant.

'Neither do I,' said the philosophical mite.

'Why then,' the Sirian retorted, 'are you citing some man named Aristotle in the Greek?'

'Because,' replied the savant, 'one should always cite what one does not understand at all in the language one understands the least.'"

Voltaire's humor stands the test of time. This quote feels relevant as it relates to today鈥檚 political pundits鈥攖hose self-proclaimed geniuses who dilute philosophy and twist it into esoteric jargon, confusing audiences into mistaking complexity for intelligence (cough Jordan Peterson cough).
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