Now this is Voltaire, and he might have made the part up where Fritz was reassured, but honestly, in the context of the trashy tell all he has nothing to gain by doing so.
Meh, I was hoping there was a better source, but I'm not finding it in Trier. Well, I agree, Voltaire probably would have been more likely to report that Mettrie did recant (and to mock him for it) if he did, than the reverse. Also, lol at "God and physicians." Voltaire reeeeally has a way with words.
Benebelt: tipsy, though "dazed" is probably a better translation, because the implication isn't that they were giddily drunk but that they were already transitioning to the hangover state.
I was so close! Thank you for adding the missing piece of nuance.
If you're looking for some of the most fervent 1752 quotes, they were originally censored and thus ended up in volume 2, but what is in volume 1 is already devoted enough.
I knoooow, this is why Lehndorff 2 is on my list, but I can't quite handle the font yet, and I'll be surprised if Google can handle it well enough that I'll be able to give cahn a translation. :(
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Re: Lehndorff readalong
Date: 2020-10-18 04:04 pm (UTC)Now this is Voltaire, and he might have made the part up where Fritz was reassured, but honestly, in the context of the trashy tell all he has nothing to gain by doing so.
Meh, I was hoping there was a better source, but I'm not finding it in Trier. Well, I agree, Voltaire probably would have been more likely to report that Mettrie did recant (and to mock him for it) if he did, than the reverse. Also, lol at "God and physicians." Voltaire reeeeally has a way with words.
Benebelt: tipsy, though "dazed" is probably a better translation, because the implication isn't that they were giddily drunk but that they were already transitioning to the hangover state.
I was so close! Thank you for adding the missing piece of nuance.
If you're looking for some of the most fervent 1752 quotes, they were originally censored and thus ended up in volume 2, but what is in volume 1 is already devoted enough.
I knoooow, this is why Lehndorff 2 is on my list, but I can't quite handle the font yet, and I'll be surprised if Google can handle it well enough that I'll be able to give