title: A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary (Oxford World's Classics)
author: Voltaire
description: <br><strong>John Fletcher</strong> is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Kent. <strong>Nicholas Cronk</strong> is Professor of French Literature and Director of the Voltaire Foundation at the University of Oxford.<br>
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  # Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### Voltaire
  
  
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  * [PREFACE](voldi_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [ADULTERY](voldi_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
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