Galiani, Abbé, 125, 130, 135-6, 144, 148;
his characteristics, 62-3;
birth and education, 63-4;
at the Academy of Naples, 64-5;
literary work, 65;
religion, 66;
posts and pensions, 67-8;
appointed Secretary in Paris, 68-9;
his reception there, 70-1;
his popularity, 71-3;
as a conversationalist, 73-4;
at the _salons_, 74-80;
his wit, 81-2;
his work, 82-3;
visits London, 83-4;
recalled to Naples, 84-6;
publishes ‘Dialogues on Corn Trade,’ 86-7;
its reception, 87-90;
life at Naples, 90-3;
friendship with Mme. d’Épinay, 93;
illness and death, 94-5;
his mission, 95
Galiani, Bernard, 63-4, 92
Galiani, Celestin, 63-4, 67
Garrick, David, 55, 56, 129
‘Geneva’ (d’Alembert), 15-16, 47
Geoffrin, Madame, 52, 66, 74-5, 127-8
‘Goezman Memoirs’ (Beaumarchais), 241, 243-6
‘Good Sense’ (d’Holbach), 147
Graffigny, Madame de, 183-4, 211-12
Grimm, Melchior, 49, 52-3, 58, 71, 79, 88, 125, 130, 144-5;
his love affair with Mlle. Fel, 150-1;
birth and early life, 151-2;
character, 152-4;
life in Paris, 154-5;
his ‘Literary Correspondence,’ 156-63;
his attachment to Mme. d’Épinay, 163-6;
visits Geneva, 166-7;
and Frederick the Great, 167-8;
and England, 168;
and the Russian Court, 168-70;
corresponds with Catherine the Great, 171;
his conduct in the Revolution, 172-3;
last years and death, 174-5;
his mission, 175
‘Guilty Mother, The’ (Beaumarchais), 264, 266
‘Happiness’ (Helvétius), 180, 204
Helvétius, Claude Adrien, 91, 127, 212;
his family and education, 176-8;
life in Paris, 178-9;
visits Voltaire, 180;
relations with Montesquieu, 181;
his charities, 182;
assists Prince Charles Edward, 182-3;
meets and marries Mlle. de Ligniville, 183-5;
his life and good works at Voré, 185-92;
his book ‘On the Mind,’ 192-4;
effects of its publication, 195-9;
his _salon_ in Paris, 199-200;
visits England, 201-2;
and Frederick the Great, 202;
his book ‘On Man,’ 202-3;
declining years, 203;
death, 204;
his work and position, 204-5
Helvétius, Madame (Mlle. de Ligniville), 183-92, 197, 199-200, 203-4, 212
Holbach, Baron d’, 53, 55, 56, 76-7, 155;
his position in the eighteenth century, 118;
and among Voltaire’s friends, 119;
early life, 120-1;
marriage, 121;
_salon_ in the Rue Royale, 121-2;
life and society at Grandval, 122-138;
visit to England, 138-9;
opinion of the English, 139-40;
publishes ‘Christianity Unveiled,’ 140-1;
and ‘The System of Nature,’ 141-4;
its reception, 144-5;
its philosophy, 145-6;
publishes other books, 147;
his last years and death, 148-9;
his character in contrast to his book, 149
Holbach, Madame d’, 121, 123, 131, 136-7
Hope (Père Hoop), 123-4, 130
Houdetot, Madame d’, 125-6, 164-5
Hume, David, 55, 56, 83, 128, 182, 200, 201
‘Imaginary Socrates, The’ (Galiani), 92
‘Instincts and Habitual Tastes of Man, The’ (Galiani), 92
‘Integral Calculus, Essay on’ (Condorcet), 269-70
‘Introduction to the Knowledge of the Human Mind’ (Vauvenargues), 111
‘Junius, Letter of, to William Pitt’ (Condorcet), 290-1
‘Justice and Virtue, Letter on’ (Condorcet), 269
‘Justification, The’ (Condorcet), 288, 289
La Harpe, Jean François de, 156, 264
Le Breton (publisher), 43, 48
Lespinasse, Mademoiselle de, 18-24, 27-28
‘Literary Correspondence, The’ (Grimm and Diderot),
49, 53, 79, 150, 156-63, 170
Louis XV., 16-17, 69, 70, 83, 237, 239, 242, 246
Louis XVI., 224, 225, 226, 227, 228-9, 231-2, 233, 252-3, 260-1, 278, 280-3
Louis XVIII., 231
Malesherbes, 195, 231-2
‘Man, On’ (Helvétius), 202-3, 204
Marie Antoinette, 225, 230-1, 232, 233, 245, 246, 253, 261-2, 274-5
Marmontel, Jean François, 112, 113, 127
Maurepas, Comte de, 224, 225, 226, 231
‘Meditation on Faith’ (Vauvenargues), 103, 109, 111
Meister (Grimm’s helper), 163, 170
‘Merit and Virtue, Essay on’ (Diderot), 39
‘Mind, On the’ (Helvétius), 127, 193-9, 202-3, 204-5
Mirabeau, Gabriel Honoré, Comte de, 263
Mirabeau, Victor Riquetti, Marquis de, 97-8, 100-1
Molé (actor), 255
Molin, Doctor, 4, 11
‘Money, Essay on’ (Galiani), 65, 67
Montesquieu, 181
Morellet, Abbé, 88-9, 125, 199-200, 208, 210
‘Natural Son, The’ (Diderot), 56, 241
Necker (Jacques), 75-6, 227-8, 274
Necker (Madame), 52, 75-6
‘Paper Money, Letter on’ (Turgot), 208
Paris-Duverney (financier), 240, 241, 243
‘Philosophical Thoughts, The’ (Diderot), 39, 41
‘Physical Degradation of the Royal Races, Essay on the’ (Condorcet), 291
‘Polish Exile, Letter of a’ (Condorcet), 291
Pompadour, Madame de, 155, 178
Porée, Père, 177
‘Portable Theology’ (d’Holbach), 141
‘Preface, The’ (d’Alembert), 12, 13, 31, 45
‘Priests Unmasked’ (d’Holbach), 141
‘Progress of the Human Mind, History of the’ (Condorcet), 289-90, 291, 296
‘Prophet, The Little, of Boehmischbroda’ (Grimm), 155
Puisieux, Madame, 39-40, 43
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ (Diderot), 61
Raynal, Abbé, 127, 129, 151, 156, 157
‘Reflections’ (Vauvenargues), 111
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 16, 43, 47, 126-7,
128, 133, 151, 154, 164-6, 196, 199
Rousseau, Madame, 5-6
Saint-Lambert, Marquis de, 72, 126, 164-5
Sarret, 287, 292
Saxe-Gotha, Duchess of, 153, 156, 158, 167
‘Seneca, Life of’ (Diderot), 53
‘Social System, The’ (d’Holbach), 147
Sterne, Laurence, 55, 56, 85, 128
Suard, J. B., 156, 293-4
Suard, Madame, 293-4
‘System of Nature, The’ (d’Holbach), 141-7, 149
‘Tarare’ (Beaumarchais), 263
Tencin, Madame de, 3-4, 6, 10-11, 178
Tercier (press censor), 194, 197
Terrai, Abbé, 225
‘Theory of Winds, Treatise on the’ (d’Alembert), 10
Theriot, 156
Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques, 89-90, 125, 133,
136, 184, 195-6, 204, 273-4, 275;
his character and work, 206-7;
birth and education, 207-8;
at the Sorbonne, 208-10;
at Madame de Graffigny’s, 211-12;
visits Voltaire, 213-14;
as Intendant of Limoges, 214-24;
Minister of Marine, 224-5;
Controller-General, 225-32;
his dismissal, 232-3;
last years and death, 233-4;
position among Voltaire’s friends, 235
‘Turgot, Life of’ (Condorcet), 221-222, 275
‘Universal Morality’ (d’Holbach), 147
Vandeul, Madame de (Angélique Diderot), 40-1, 57, 59, 60
Vaudreuil, Comte de, 253, 261
Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de, character of his writing, 96;
birth and education, 97-8;
as a soldier, 98-100;
campaign in Bohemia, 101-2;
invalided, 103-4;
friendship with Voltaire, 104-7;
settles in Paris, 107-8;
his philosophy, 108-11;
his book, 111-13;
friends in Paris, 113-14;
illness and death, 115-17
Vergniaud, Pierre, 221, 288
Vernet, Madame, 286, 287, 289, 291, 292, 294
Volland, Mademoiselle, 51, 52, 54, 59
‘Volland, Letters to Mademoiselle’ (Diderot), 54, 61, 130, 138
Voltaire, Arouet de, 1, 17, 62, 96-7, 225-6, 233, 250, 260;
visited by d’Alembert, 15, 25-6;
friendship with Diderot, 41-2 55, 58-9;
opinion of Galiani’s ‘Dialogues,’ 87;
friendship with Vauvenargues, 104-7, 113-14;
opinion of Vauvenargues’ ‘Maxims,’ 112-13;
of d’Holbach’s ‘System of Nature,’ 144, 146;
and of Grimm’s ‘Little Prophet,’ 155;
visited by Grimm and Mme. d’Épinay, 166;
friendship with Helvétius, 179-80;
opinion of his book ‘On the Mind,’ 196, 198-9;
visited by Turgot, 213-214, 234;
opinion of Beaumarchais, 242;
and of the ‘Goezman Memoirs,’ 245;
visited by Condorcet, 271-2
Walpole, Horace, 129, 135
‘Wealth, Reflections on the Reformation and Distribution of’ (Turgot), 222
Wilkes, John, 55, 56, 129, 247
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