by
Nicolas-Sébastien Roch (1740 - 1794), as Nicolas Chamfort
Le magistrat suisse
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
L'esprit des lois de Montesquieu et
La pucelle de Voltaire furent interdits en
Suisse. Un magistrat de Berne fit rechercher
ces deux ouvrages, puis écrivit au Sénat:
Nous n'avons trouvé dans le canton ni Esprit
ni Pucelle.
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The Swiss magistrate
Language: English  after the French (Français)
The Spirit of the Laws by Montesquieu and
The Virgin by Voltaire were banned in
Switzerland. A magistrate from Bern searched for
these two works, then wrote to the Senate:
We have in this canton, found neither Spirit
nor a Virgin.
Translator's notes:
Montesquieu (1689-1755) was a political philosopher and writer
Voltaire (1694-1788) was a poet, historian and philosopher.
La pucelle (1755) is a licentious mock-heroic poem about Joan of Arc.
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