Voltaire

Philosophe · Voice of the Enlightenment · Writer & Philosopher · 1694–1778

The Enlightenment's sharpest wit — satirist, playwright, and the most feared pen in 18th-century Europe.

Explore the life of Voltaire — five chapters

1. The Notary's Son Who Renamed Himself — Jesuit schooling, satire and the Bastille
2. England, Newton and the Château at Cirey — Learning science from a mathematician he lived with
3. Candide and the Earthquake — A disaster that broke a philosophy
4. The Calas Affair — Inventing the public campaign for justice
5. Triumph in Paris, and the Awkward Record — A quotation he never wrote, and prejudices he did

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