@book {81932,
	title = {Philosophical Dictionary},
	year = {1984},
	publisher = {Penguin Books Ltd},
	organization = {Penguin Books Ltd},
	abstract = {<p>Voltaire{\textquoteright}s Philosophical Dictionary, first published in 1764, is a series of short, radical essays - alphabetically arranged - that form a brilliant and bitter analysis of the social and religious conventions that then dominated eighteenth-century French thought. One of the masterpieces of the Enlightenment, this enormously influential work of sardonic wit - more a collection of essays arranged alphabetically, than a conventional dictionary - considers such diverse subjects as Abraham and Atheism, Faith and Freedom of Thought, Miracles and Moses. Repeatedly condemned by civil and religious authorities, Voltaire{\textquoteright}s work argues passionately for the cause of reason and justice, and criticizes Christian theology and contemporary attitudes towards war and society - and claims, as he regards the world around him: {\textquoteright}common sense is not so common{\textquoteright}.</p>
},
	isbn = {9780140442571},
	author = {Francois Voltaire}
}
