1712 in literature
Chronology of the literature
- 1711 in literature - 1712 in literature - 1713 in literature
Events
Germany
Great Britain
- Francis Bacon publishes the 2nd edition of its Essayes ( Essais of morals and policy ), after that of 1597. It comprises thirty-nine texts, including the ten of the first edition slightly improved.
Spain
France
Italy
Works
- Dialog of dead the of Fénelon.
- Memories to make peace perpetual to Europe of the Abbot of Saint-Pierre.
- Demonstration of the existence of God, drawn from the knowledge of the Nature and proportioned with the weak intelligence of simplest the , Fénelon.
- History of John Bull of John Arbuthnot
Novels
- surprising Effects of sympathy (1712 - 1714), novel of Marivaux.
Poetry
Theater
Births
- February 6th: Antoine Arnauld, called Large Arnauld by its contemporaries to distinguish it from his father, priest, theologist, mathematician, writer and philosopher French, one of the main leaders of file of the Jansenists. († August 8th 1694).
- June 28th: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, writer and Swiss Philosopher of French expression. († July 2nd 1778).
- November 1st: Antonio Genovesi, writer and Italian philosopher . († September 22nd 1769).
- December 25th: Pietro Chiari, Playwright, Novelist and Librettist Italy N. († August 31st 1785).
- nonwell informed or unknown Dates :
- Alexandre Guillaume Mouslier de Moissy, soldier and dramatic author French. († 1777).
Death
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