Micromegas: Philosophical History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781494434892)

THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN MICROMEGAS AND THE INHABITANT OF SATURN

His excellency having laid himself down, and the secretary approached his nose:

"It must be confessed," said Micromegas, "that nature is full of variety."

"Yes," replied the Saturnian, "nature is like a parterre, whose flowers --"

"Pshaw " cried the other, "a truce with your parterres."

"It is," resumed the secretary, "like an assembly of fair and brown women, whose dresses--"

"What a plague have I to do with your brunettes?" said our traveler.

"Then it is like a gallery of pictures, the strokes of which--"

"Not at all," answered Micromegas, "I tell you once for all, nature is like nature, and comparisons are odious."

Author: Voltaire
ISBN-10: 149443489X
ISBN-13: 9781494434892
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 12/10/2013
Pages: 70
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.17lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.14d