Voltaire
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Voltaire was an influential 18th-century French writer, philosopher, and satirist known for his advocacy of reason, civil liberties, and criticism of religious and political authority.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Enlightenment philosopher
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deist → dramatist → essayist → historian → human → pamphleteer → poet → satirist → writer → |
| advocated |
civil liberties
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legal reform → separation of church and state → |
| associatedWith |
Frederick II of Prussia
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surface form: "Frederick the Great"
Marquise du Châtelet → |
| birthName |
Voltaire
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surface form: "François-Marie Arouet"
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| burialPlace | Panthéon, Paris → |
| causeOfDeath | illness → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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surface form: "Kingdom of France"
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| dateOfBirth | 1694-11-21 → |
| dateOfDeath | 1778-05-30 → |
| educatedAt |
Lycée Louis-le-Grand
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surface form: "Collège Louis-le-Grand"
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| genre |
philosophical fiction
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poetry → satire → tragedy → |
| influenced |
Denis Diderot
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French Revolution thinkers → Jean-Jacques Rousseau → |
| influencedBy |
Isaac Newton
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John Locke → Pierre Bayle → |
| knownFor |
advocacy of freedom of speech
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advocacy of religious tolerance → criticism of absolute monarchy → critique of organized religion → |
| language | French → |
| movement | Age of Enlightenment → |
| notableWork |
Candide
→
Encyclopédie →
surface form: "Dictionnaire philosophique"
Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations → Charles XII of Sweden →
surface form: "Histoire de Charles XII"
La Henriade → La Princesse de Babylone → Lettres philosophiques → Micromégas → Traité sur la tolérance → Zadig → |
| occupation |
essayist
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historian → novelist → philosopher → playwright → poet → satirist → |
| philosophicalSchool |
Enlightenment rationalism
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deism → |
| placeOfBirth |
Paris
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surface form: "Paris, Kingdom of France"
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| placeOfDeath |
Paris
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surface form: "Paris, Kingdom of France"
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| pseudonym | Voltaire → |
| religion | Roman Catholicism (culturally) → |
| religiousView | deism → |
| residence |
Cirey, Kingdom of France
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Ferney-Voltaire →
surface form: "Ferney, Kingdom of France"
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| style |
irony
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satire → wit → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Émilie du Châtelet"
this entity surface form: "François-Marie Arouet"
subject surface form: "Émilie du Châtelet"
this entity surface form: "François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)"