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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instanceOf Enlightenment philosopher
deist
dramatist
essayist
historian
human
pamphleteer
poet
satirist
writer
advocated civil liberties
legal reform
separation of church and state
associatedWith Frederick II of Prussia
surface form: Frederick the Great

Marquise du Châtelet
birthName Voltaire self-linksurface differs
surface form: François-Marie Arouet
burialPlace Panthéon, Paris
causeOfDeath illness
countryOfCitizenship France
surface form: Kingdom of France
dateOfBirth 1694-11-21
dateOfDeath 1778-05-30
educatedAt Lycée Louis-le-Grand
surface form: Collège Louis-le-Grand
genre philosophical fiction
poetry
satire
tragedy
influenced Denis Diderot
French Revolution thinkers
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
influencedBy Isaac Newton
John Locke
Pierre Bayle
knownFor advocacy of freedom of speech
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
historian
novelist
philosopher
playwright
poet
satirist
philosophicalSchool Enlightenment rationalism
deism
placeOfBirth Paris
surface form: Paris, Kingdom of France
placeOfDeath Paris
surface form: Paris, Kingdom of France
pseudonym Voltaire
religion Roman Catholicism (culturally)
religiousView deism
residence Cirey, Kingdom of France
Ferney-Voltaire
surface form: Ferney, Kingdom of France
style irony
satire
wit

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Voltaire birthName Voltaire self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: François-Marie Arouet
Voltaire pseudonym Voltaire
John Locke influenced Voltaire
Ferney-Voltaire namedAfter Voltaire
Bastille notablePrisoner Voltaire
Madame de Pompadour supported Voltaire
Alexander Pope influenced Voltaire
Candide author Voltaire
Lettres philosophiques author Voltaire
Micromégas author Voltaire
Micromégas workOf Voltaire
this entity surface form: François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)
La Henriade author Voltaire
Marquise du Châtelet influenced Voltaire
subject surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Marquise du Châtelet partner Voltaire
subject surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Zadig author Voltaire
Zadig workOf Voltaire
Pierre Bayle influenced Voltaire
Lycée Voltaire namedAfter Voltaire
Lycée Voltaire namedAfter Voltaire
this entity surface form: François-Marie Arouet
Anti-Machiavel editor Voltaire