Rue Voltaire is a public road in the French municipality of Grenoble. The street connects rue Raoul-Blanchard [fr] and place de Verdun to rue Bayard,...

Boulevard Voltaire in Marseille Boulevard Voltaire in Paris Impasse Voltaire [fr] in Paris Quai Voltaire in Paris. Rue Voltaire in Grenoble Rue Voltaire [fr]...

Rue Bayard is a public road in the French commune of Grenoble. It is located in the Notre-Dame district, one of the liveliest districts of the city, redeveloped...

Reductionism Voltaire (1819). Plancher, P. (ed.). Œuvres complètes de Voltaire [Complete Works of Voltaire] (in French). Vol. 32: Correspondance générale. Rue Hautefeuille...

Philosophes, above all, Voltaire. According to Jacques Barzun, Voltaire was annoyed by the first discourse and outraged by the second. Voltaire's reading of the...

such areas as psychology and the philosophy of the mind. He was born at Grenoble into a legal family, the youngest of three brothers. His two older brothers...

life of Paris revolved around the cafés and salons; it was dominated by Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Pierre de Marivaux and Pierre Beaumarchais. During...

street in the new Saint-Paul district of his home city of Caen was named rue Robert Tournières. Studying under Lucas Delahaye, then under Bon Boullogne...

of Charlemagne, where he had studied, imbued him with the doctrines of Voltaire. He wrote at the time, "I desire, if by any possibility I should become...

and science as well as books by La Rochefoucauld, Montesquieu, Rabelais, Voltaire and Rousseau. As a schoolboy Brillat-Savarin took up the violin; he loved...

to 26 Boulevard Belgica in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, and finally settled at 7 Rue Jacques-Manne in Anderlecht. Brel was close to his mother, fascinated by...

paths and planted trees along the river. He built a new street (now the Rue Rambuteau) to connect the Marais district with the markets and began construction...

its powerful parliament sentenced Jean Calas to death. The philosopher Voltaire then accused the Parlement of Toulouse of religious intolerance (Calas...

for Grenoble through the foothills of the Alps, taking the route now known as Route Napoléon. The 5th Regiment intercepted him just south of Grenoble on...

so." The Economist compared this to a quote commonly misattributed to Voltaire, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right...

fine examples of Bigorre houses are visible on the Rue de la Victoire, Rue Clémenceau and also Rue Regiment-de-Bigorre. They are recognisable by their...

said "Rouen, Le Havre forment une même ville dont la Seine est la grand-rue" ("Rouen and Le Havre form a single town of which the Seine is the High Street")...

to become the "Balancing Metropolis", relying on regional cities like Grenoble or Saint Etienne, that fought the impoverishment and depopulation of urban...

divided into Lullyistes and Ramistes (or Rameauneurs, as they were termed by Voltaire). The prolific Rameau produced not only lyrical tragedies, but also opera-ballets...

Pierre de La Vérendrye, French-Canadian officer and explorer) Voltaire (named for Voltaire, French Enlightenment philosopher) Auglaize River (corruption...

uncontrollable escalation. By this period the Massacre was being widely used by Voltaire (in his Henriade) and other Enlightenment writers in polemics against organised...

curved back and arms curved around and enfolded the person sitting. The Voltaire armchair had a high slightly curving back, padded armrests, and short legs...

apparently indifferent." When taken with the other Jews to the Place Voltaire, one woman was heard to shout "Well done! Well done!" while the man standing...

in New York. On its base you can read the inscription “Val d'Osne – 8 Rue Voltaire, Paris”, the name of the French workshops and “1884” probably the year...

naturalization (Chamber des Comptes, Royal Chancellorship and Parlement of Grenoble) and the registry at the University of Paris. The ancestors of his father...

Jacques Necker, minister of finance 1788-90 June 7: Day of the Tiles in Grenoble, first revolt against the king. July 21: Assembly of Vizille, assembly...

(573) – Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 Siege of Valence (574) Siege of Grenoble (574) Siege of Tournai (575) Siege of Amida (578) – Byzantine–Sasanian...

group leaders which initially met at Professor Henri Aboulker's home at 26 rue Michelet in Algiers, the headquarters of the conspiracy. The insurrection...

consists of college, high school, and preparatory classes. It is located at 1, rue du Docteur-Magnan, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris close to the Quartier...

1711. The day after the feasts of Pentecost (the day of the arrest of Voltaire), the Tsar passed through Les Invalides on the way back from the château...