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Le Philosophe sans prétention (1775), 1-350 pages COMPLETE. 7 1/4 by 4 3/4 inches. Binding rubbed especially to the spine. Mild to moderate browning to textThis is one of the strangest, most charming, and most revealing works of late‑Enlightenment French literature — a philosophical novel of science‑fiction, satire, and social criticism, written by Louis‑Guillaume de La Folie. It is remembered today as one of the earliest French proto‑science‑fiction narratives, featuring a visitor from another planet who arrives in France to observe human society. 1775 One of the Earliest Extraterrestrial‑Visitor Narratives, UFOS, Aliens 1775 One of the Earliest Extraterrestrial‑Visitor Narratives, UFOS, Aliens
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Le Philosophe sans prétention (1775), 1-350 pages COMPLETE. 7 1/4 by 4 3/4 inches. Binding rubbed especially to the spine. Mild to moderate browning to text
This is one of the strangest, most charming, and most revealing works of late‑Enlightenment French literature — a philosophical novel of science‑fiction, satire, and social criticism, written by Louis‑Guillaume de La Folie. It is remembered today as one of the earliest French proto‑science‑fiction narratives, featuring a visitor from another planet who arrives in France to observe human society.
What Le Philosophe sans prétention (1775) Is
1. A proto‑science‑fiction novel
The book features a visitor from the planet Mercury, who descends to Earth in a flying machine and offers commentary on:
human customs
politics
religion
scientific ignorance
social absurdities
This makes it one of the earliest extraterrestrial‑visitor narratives in French literature — predating Voltaire’s Micromégas (1752) in tone and extending the tradition of cosmic satire.
2. A philosophical satire of Enlightenment society
La Folie uses the Mercurian visitor to critique:
superstition
vanity
pretentious philosophers
courtly manners
fashionable science
The tone is playful, ironic, and often sharply observant.
3. A novel of scientific imagination
The Mercurian describes:
advanced technologies
aerial travel
planetary physics
alternative social structures
This places the book squarely in the pre‑Jules‑Verne lineage of speculative fiction.(archive.org)
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