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| '''''Mahomet''''' (''Mahomet, ou le fanatisme'') aka "Fanaticism, or ]" is a play in 5 acts written by French ] ] in 1741. | |||
| '''''Mahomet''''' (''Mahomet, ou le fanatisme'') aka "Fanaticism, or ]" is a play in 5 acts written by French ] ] in 1741 AD which he described as "written in opposition to the founder of a false and barbarous sect to whom could I with more propriety inscribe a satire on the cruelty and errors of a false prophet" <ref>Voltaire Letter to Benedict XIV written in Paris on August 17,1745 AD</ref> | |||
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| Like his other work, Voltaire would use these plays to support his opinions by using a skeptical view. | Like his other work, Voltaire would use these plays to support his opinions by using a skeptical view. | ||
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Mahomet (Mahomet, ou le fanatisme) aka "Fanaticism, or Mahomet" is a play in 5 acts written by French philosopher Voltaire in 1741 AD which he described as "written in opposition to the founder of a false and barbarous sect to whom could I with more propriety inscribe a satire on the cruelty and errors of a false prophet"
Presentation
This play is the third Mohammed-like tragedy that Voltaire wrote. It was finished on 1740 and presented by Lanoue and company in 1741 in Lille. Voltaire dedicated the play to the Pope Benedict XIV to avoid censorship, however it was later censored on and off between 1741 and 1748. It at one point has the heads of all the gods on the stage.
In 2005, a production of the play in Saint-Genis-Pouilly, Ain, France, resulted in Islamic demands for cancellation and street disturbances outside the performance itself.
Like his other work, Voltaire would use these plays to support his opinions by using a skeptical view.
Reference
- Voltaire Letter to Benedict XIV written in Paris on August 17,1745 AD
External links
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