Works
Formey's principal works are La Belle Wolfienne (1741–1750), a kind of novel written with the view of enforcing the precepts of the Wolfian philosophy; Bibliothque critique, ou memoires pour servir a l'histoire littraire ancienne et moderne (1746); Le Philosophic chrétien (1740); L'Emile chrétien (1764), intended as an answer to the Emile of Rousseau; and Souvenirs d'un citoyen (Berlin, 1789). He also published an immense number of contemporary memoirs in the transactions of the Berlin Academy.
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