Philosopher · Early modern period · France
Voltaire
1694–1778
French writer, wit, and campaigner against religious persecution, the most famous voice of the Enlightenment. Exiled, imprisoned in the Bastille, and celebrated across Europe, he made toleration a cause. He lived 1694 to 1778.
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- Born
- 1694, Paris, France, as François Marie Arouet.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Voltaire
- Died
- 1778, Paris, cheered by crowds on his return from exile.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Voltaire
- School
- Enlightenment, its sharpest pen.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Voltaire
- Known for
- Candide, the Philosophical Letters, and the campaigns for Calas and other victims of religious courts. Ecrasez linfame: crush the infamous thing.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Voltaire
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