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 Early Life

Å Born November 21, 1694

É In Paris
Å Went to Louis-le-Grand a Jesuit College
Å Left school at the age of 17
Å 1717, imprisoned for writing a scrutiny of the
French government.
Å In prison he wrote Oedipal
É Became his theatrical success
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Å Insulted Chevalier De Rohan
É Imprisonment or exile
Å Exiled from 1726-1729 and lived in England
Å Influenced by the ideas of John Locke and Isaac
Newton
Å Studied parliament of England and religious
tolerance
Å Returned to France and published d


 

on the efficient English government
É Seen as a criticism of French government
É Forced to leave Paris in 1734
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Å žoved into the home of žarquise du Chatelet

É Château de Cirey near Lunéville (1706-1749)
É Stupides Natural science
Å 1738 published 
 
 
  

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Å 1746, voted into the Academie Francaise
Å žoved to Potsdam at invitation of Frederick the
Great
Å 1753, returned to France
 dis Later Life
Å Bought an estate called Fernery
É Near French-Swiss border
É Became central learning place in Europe
Å Wrote many books, plays, and plays
É Wrote letters to his friends
É Criticized religious tolerance and persecution
Å 1755 wrote a poem about an earthquake that killed 60,000
people in portugal
É Questioned on his pessimistic veiw by conteporary writers
Å 1759, wrote a novel called :
É Attacked war, religious persecution, and unwarrented optimism about
the human condition
Å Believed that society should be improved
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Å Returned at the age of 83

Å He died in Paris because of the excitement of
the trip
É Denied burial in church ground
É Buried at an abbey in Champange
Å 1791, moved to the Pantheon in Paris
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