Voltaire (and his social networks) [ Association ]
… as anything from the most ephemeral worldliness to lifelong, intimate friendships. Voltaire was one who courted high society and gave sumptuous receptions, but the ties with those he called friend would remain sacred throughout his life. … complètes, ed. T. Besterman, The Voltaire Foundation, Oxford, 1968-1977. The spelling has been modernised. Yet high society would repeatedly remind Voltaire that for all his talent, he was still just a commoner. Enter the chevalier de … might have led us to believe. Though the two companionable lovers lived far removed from the world and from worldly society, mainly dedicated to their work and their studies, they recreated a form of sociability—largely thanks to Madame …
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