Voltaire (and his social networks) [ Association ]
… who would become dear to him: Émilie Du Châtelet. 2 . See Georg Simmel, Soziologie (1908) ; Sociologie et épistémologie (Paris : PUF, 1981), p. 126 et 128. The pair settled in Cirey. Madame Denis would claim the estate was situated in a … just as he had Thieriot, who for his own profit had distributed one of Voltaire’s manuscripts. His friends in Paris would serve as his eyes and ears whilst he lived afar, foremost among them the d’Argentals who would send reports … they caused. The ties of intermediate strength were those forged from his worldly experiences: the protectors in the Parisian courts or provincial estates where Voltaire took refuge while in exile, and the people with whom he formed …
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