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Oedipus

Oedipus

Oedipus is a tragedy by the French dramatist and philosopher Voltaire that was first performed in 1718. It was his first play and the first literary work for which he used the pen-name Voltaire .


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“Virtue is debased by self-justification.”

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Oedipe, act II, scene IV (1718)
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