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    Voltaire was the pen name of French philosopher François-Marie Arouet, who lived from 1694 to 1778. He was a key figure of the Enlightenment who wrote critical works attacking the Catholic Church and French institutions. His ideas expressed support for civil liberties and found expression in the French and American revolutions. Some of his most famous works included the philosophical Letters on the English and the novel Candide. He believed in using reason to challenge authority and promote social progress.

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    Voltaire was the pen name of French philosopher François-Marie Arouet, who lived from 1694 to 1778. He was a key figure of the Enlightenment who wrote critical works attacking the Catholic Church and French institutions. His ideas expressed support for civil liberties and found expression in the French and American revolutions. Some of his most famous works included the philosophical Letters on the English and the novel Candide. He believed in using reason to challenge authority and promote social progress.

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    Voltaire

    1694-1778
    Who was voltaire?

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    Voltaire” is the pen name under which French
    author-philosopher François-Marie Arouet published
    a number of books and pamphlets in the 18th
    century. He was a key figure in the European
    intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment.
    Voltaire was quite controversial in his day, in no
    small part because of the critical nature of his work.
    His books and pamphlets contained scores of assaults
    on church authority and clerical power. They
    criticized French political institutions too, and many
    incorporated elaborate defenses of civil liberty.
    Voltaire’s ideas ultimately found expression in the VOLTAIRE
    French and American revolutions.
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    VOLTAIRE
    Also known as Francois-Marie Arouet

    Born 21 November 1694


    Paris, Kingdom of France
    Died 30 May 1778 (aged 83)
    Paris, Kingdom of France
    Resting place Panthéon, Paris, France
    Occupation Writer, philosopher
    Language French
    Nationality French
    Alma mater Collège Louis-le-Grand
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    Voltaire best known as most famous works
    included the fictitious Lettres
    philosophiques (1734) and the satirical
    novel Candide (1759). The former—a series
    of essays on English government and society
    —was a landmark in the history of thought.
    Today it is considered one of the great
    monuments of French literature.

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    ✣ Voltaire's philosophy?
    ✣ Voltaire believed above all in the
    efficacy of reason. He believed social
    progress could be achieved through
    reason and that no authority—religious
    or political or otherwise—should be
    immune to challenge by reason.

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    VOLTAIRE QUOTES

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