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Lettres juives 1736
Published between 1736 and 1738, the Lettres, like Argens other Lettres, was
inspired by Montesquieu’s Lettres persanes.
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Philosophie du bon
sens 1737
Owing much to Bayle and Fontenelle, the Philosophie was a
popular work which did much to arouse French interest in
Locke. Argens, who from 1744 was chamberlain in service of
Frederick the Great, helped to disseminate the ideas of the
philosophes and was a friend of Voltaire and
D’Alembert. During the 25 years he spent at
Frederick’s Court he produced 18 volumes of letters, the
Correspondance philosophique
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Mémoires secrètes de la
république des lettres 1737
Published between 1737 and 1739
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Lettres cabalistiques 1737
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Lettres chinoises 1739
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Thérèse philosophe 1748
Infamous novel, and best-known story attributed to Argens.
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