François-Marie Arouet, better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade. Voltaire was a prolific writer and produced works in almost every literary form including plays, poetry, novels, essays, historical and scientific works, more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform, despite strict censorship laws and harsh penalties for those who broke them. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma and the French institutions of his day.
Voltaire was one of several Enlightenment figures (along with Montesquieu, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau) whose works and ideas influenced important thinkers of both the American and French Revolutions. (Source)
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Voltaire (1694-1778), Charles XII King of Sweden (1682-1718), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Jean Calas (1698-1762), Isaac Newton Sir (1642-1727), Peter I Emperor of Russia (1672-1725), Frederick II King of Prussia (1712-1786), Joan of Arc, Saint (1412-1431), Catherine II Empress of Russia (1729-1796), Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Cesare Beccaria marchese di (1738-1794), Julius Caesar, Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Calas family, Louis XIV King of France (1638-1715), Pierre Henri Larcher (1726-1812), Tronchin family, Antoine Guénée (1717-1803), Belisarius (505 (ca.)-565), Charles XII King of Sweden, Charles XII King of Sweden (1683-1718), Charles de Secondat Montesquieu baron de (1689-1755), Charlotte Sophie Bentinck-Von Aldenburg (1715-1800), Gabriel Cramer (1723-1793)Time
18th century, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, 17th century, Louis XV, 1715-1774, Peter I, 1689-1725, Charles XII, 1697-1718, 18e siècle, Early works to 1800, 16th century, Bourbons, 1589-1789, 1643-1715 (Louis XIV), 1492-1648, 1526-1765, 1715-1774, 476-1492, 1648-1715, Medieval period, 987-1515, To 987, 1589-1789, 1689-1725 (Pedro I), 1689-1800, 1689-1801, 1762, 1774-1793, 1778ID Numbers
- OLID: OL32293A
- ISNI: 0000000121280652
- VIAF: 36925746
- Wikidata: Q9068
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- F. M. de Voltaire
- J. F. M. de Voltaire
- Jean Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
- Jean Francois-Mari Arouet de Voltaire
- Voltaire Voltaire
- voltaire candide
- De Voltaire
- Voltaire François-Marie Arouet
- Voltaire/ de Lisle
- VOLTAIRE
- 1694-1778 Voltaire
- Nom de plume VOLTAIRE
- Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire)
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