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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Château de Voltaire owner Voltaire
Theodicy criticizedBy Voltaire
founded the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens correspondedWith Voltaire
subject surface form: Catherine II of Russia
Voltaire’s poem "Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne" author Voltaire
subject surface form: Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne
Voltaire’s poem "Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne" createdBy Voltaire
subject surface form: Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne
Deimos hasNotableCrater Voltaire
Pascal's wager criticizedBy Voltaire
Paris Métro Line 9 station Voltaire
Edward Gibbon influencedBy Voltaire
An Essay on Man influenced Voltaire
College of Louis le Grand hasAlumnus Voltaire
subject surface form: Collège Louis-le-Grand
Pangloss createdBy Voltaire
Cunégonde createdBy Voltaire
Martin createdBy Voltaire
the Old Woman createdBy Voltaire
Candide (operetta by Leonard Bernstein) basedOnWorkAuthor Voltaire
subject surface form: Candide
Lettres anglaises author Voltaire
Lettres anglaises workOf Voltaire
Letters on the English author Voltaire
Calas affair advocatedBy Voltaire
Jean Calas associatedWith Voltaire
Cramer brothers notableClient Voltaire
Formosante creator Voltaire
Amazan createdBy Voltaire
Amazan associatedWithAuthor Voltaire
King Moabdar creator Voltaire
Jesrad creator Voltaire
Gabrielle notableStudentOrMentorRelationship Voltaire
subject surface form: Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet
Gabrielle influenced Voltaire
subject surface form: Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet
History of Charles XII by Voltaire author Voltaire
subject surface form: History of Charles XII