1737 - Literature

Literature

Nonfiction: The Querist by philosopher George Berkeley, who asks, "Whose fault is it if poor Ireland still continues poor?"

Philosopher Claude Buffier dies at Paris May 17 at age 75, having been (in Voltaire's judgment) "the only Jesuit who has given a reasonable system of philosophy."

"History can be well written only in a free country," writes Voltaire May 27 in a letter to Prussia's crown prince Friedrich.