In another episode in this novel, the protagonist is accused of having stolen the king's horse and the queen's dog after describing them perfectly, sight unseen.
One character in this novel is a doctor who writes a book to prove that a wound on another character's left eye could not possibly have been cured. In another episode in this novel, the protagonist is accused of having stolen the king's horse and the queen's dog after describing them perfectly, sight unseen. That protagonist also points out the existence of a single creator to resolve a dispute between a Greek, a Celt, a Chaldean, and several others, and resolves another dispute by leaping over the doorway of the temple of Mithra with both feet. Its protagonist convinces (*) Almona not to leap onto her husband's funeral pyre and later regains his freedom when she marries the merchant Sétoc. Its protagonist loses his first love, Sémire, to his friend Orcan, but at the end of this novel is finally able to win the hand of Astarté and become king of Babylon. For 10 points, identify this satirical novel about a Babylonian philosopher subtitled "or Fate", a work of Voltaire.
One character in this novel is a doctor who writes a book to prove that a wound on another character's left eye could not possibly have been cured.
{Zadig}, or Fate [or {Zadig}, or the Book of Fate; or {Zadig}, {Ou}, La {Destinée}, {histoire orientale}]