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    François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was an 18th century French Enlightenment writer and philosopher famous for his criticism of Christianity, advocacy of freedom of speech and religion, and separation of church and state. Voltaire was a prolific and versatile writer who produced works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He advocated for civil liberties and frequently used his works to criticize religious intolerance and dogma as well as French institutions of his time.

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    François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was an 18th century French Enlightenment writer and philosopher famous for his criticism of Christianity, advocacy of freedom of speech and religion, and separation of church and state. Voltaire was a prolific and versatile writer who produced works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He advocated for civil liberties and frequently used his works to criticize religious intolerance and dogma as well as French institutions of his time.

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    François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was an 18th century French Enlightenment writer and philosopher famous for his criticism of Christianity, advocacy of freedom of speech and religion, and separation of church and state. Voltaire was a prolific and versatile writer who produced works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He advocated for civil liberties and frequently used his works to criticize religious intolerance and dogma as well as French institutions of his time.

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    François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May

    1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire (/vɒlˈtɛər, voʊlˈ-/;[2][3][4] also US: /vɔːlˈ-
    /,[5][6] French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher
    famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity, especially the Roman Catholic
    Church, as well as his advocacy of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and
    separation of church and state.

    Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary
    form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He
    wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets.[7] He was
    an outspoken advocate of civil liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the
    strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of
    his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his
    day.

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