The Works of Voltaire, Vol. 22

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Excerpt from The Works of Voltaire, Vol. 22: A Contemporary Version It is not only the life of Louis XIV. that we propose to write, we have a greater object in view. We mean to set before posterity not only the portrait of one mans actions but that of the spirit of mankind in general, in the most enlightened of all ages. Every age has produced heroes and politicians, all nations have experienced revolutions, and all histories are nearly alike to those who seek only to furnish their memories with facts, but whosoever thinks, or, what is still more rare, whosoever has taste, will find but four ages in the history of the world. These four happy ages are those in which the arts were carried to perfection, and which, by serving as the era of the greatness of the human mind, are examples for posterity. The first of these ages to which true glory is annexed is that of Philip and Alexander, or that of a Pericles, a Demosthenes, an Aristotle, a Plato, an Apelles, a Phidias, and a Praxiteles, and this honor has been confined within the limits of ancient Greece, the rest of the known world was then in a state of barbarism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.