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Voltaire

21 November 1694 - 30 May 1778

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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Accessible book, History, Protected DAISY, Philosophy, Early works to 1800, Correspondence, Fiction, History and criticism, Translations into English, Religion, Drama, French Authors, French literature, Dictionaries, World history, English literature, Philosophers, Civilization, Classic Literature, Intellectual life, Poetry, Bible, Bio-bibliography, Controversial literature, Modern Philosophy
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France, Great Britain, Russia, Europe, Sweden, Grande-Bretagne, India, Angleterre, England, Lisbon, Portugal, Soviet Union, Holy Roman Empire, Lisbon (Portugal), Paris (France), Prussia (Germany), Rusia, Toulouse, United States
People
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), Catherine II Empress of Russia (1729-1796), Joan of Arc, Saint (1412-1431), Calas family, Tronchin family, Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Cesare Beccaria marchese di (1738-1794), Charlotte Sophie Bentinck-Von Aldenburg (1715-1800), Gabriel Cramer (1723-1793), Julius Caesar, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg (1735-1806), Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), Stanisław I, Leszczynski King of Poland (1677-1766), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Louis XIV King of France (1638-1715), Pierre Henri Larcher (1726-1812), Antoine Guénée (1717-1803), Belisarius (505 (ca.)-565), Charles XII King of Sweden
Time
18th century, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, 17th century, Louis XV, 1715-1774, Peter I, 1689-1725, Charles XII, 1697-1718, Early works to 1800, 16th century, Bourbons, 1589-1789, 1643-1715 (Louis XIV), 18e siècle, 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, 1774-1793, 1778, 1981-1995

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Alternative names

  • 1694-1778 VOLTAIRE
  • VOLTAIRE
  • 1694-1778 Voltaire
  • VOLTAIRE.
  • F. M. de Voltaire
  • J. F. M. de Voltaire
  • Jean Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
  • Jean Francois-Mari Arouet de Voltaire
  • Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de,u
  • Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
  • F.M.A.De Voltaire
  • François-Marie Arovet VOLTAIRE
  • Jean François Marie Arouet de Voltaire
  • Jean Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire
  • Voltaire .
  • Frangois Marie Voltaire
  • Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire
  • Francois Marie Arouet de, Voltaire
  • Francois M. Arouet Voltaire
  • Franc ʹois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
  • François Arouet de Voltaire
  • Voltaire,François Marie Arouet de
  • Francois Marie Crouet de Voltaire
  • Voltaire 1694-1778
  • Voltaire (1694-1778)
  • Catherine Vadé
  • Guillaume Vadé
  • Voltaire
  • François Marie Arouet
  • Francois Marie Arouet De Voltaire
  • Voltaire) François-Marie Arouet
  • Francois Marie Arouet de. VOLTAIRE
  • Fran?ois-Marie Arouet Voltaire
  • François-Marie Arouet Voltaire
  • Marie Arouet de VOLTAIRE
  • Fran Ois-Marie Arouet
  • Francois-Marie Arouet

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