Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Paris
- Educated at
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand
- Awards
- 🏆 Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society
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"I am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges, astronomy, astrology, metempsychosis, etc. It does not behoove us, who were only savages and barbarians when these Indi…"
"Monsieur l'abbe, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write."
"I asked my guide how it was possible the judicious part of them could suffer such incoherent prating? "We are obliged," said he, "to suffer it, because no one knows, when a brother rises up to hold fo…"
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Timeline
1694
Born
Birth1778
Died
Death
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