Voltaire The Great
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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VOLTAIRE THE GREAT
- Enlightened French philosopher
- Believed in freedom of speech
- Didn't like that the church held more power than the governments
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- More famous than any other philosopher
- Didn't like the medieval feudalsystem
- Challenged both the system and church
- (He's challenging you)
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- Born on November, 24 1694 in Paris, France
- He was exiled many times
- To tulle on 1717, went back to Paris two years later, and got himself exiled to Bastille for one year.
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- He then returned to Paris and got himself exiled to Bastille to get him ready to get sent to England
- He decided to go to Lorraine and then in 1756 he wrote Candide and returned to Paris two years later to die on May 30 the same year
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- Onto his achievements(of not being exiled 10 times)
- On 1701 his mother died, three years later, he showed promise as a writer
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- His last awesome words were "I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition." Voltaire died in his sleep on May 30, 1778, in Paris, France.
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- Voltaire wrote many tragic plays including Zaire, Mahomet, and nanine
- (The pancakes are burnt, it is the most tragic thing I have ever seen)
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AWSOMESAUCE QUOTES
- "Faith consists in believing , even when it is beyond the power of reason to believe"
- "Killing is forbidden; unless it is in mass numbers using weapons and to the sound of trumpets"
- I liked the first quote
- I thought the second one was funny
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BOOKS OF VOLTAIRE
- Letters sur les anglais
- Voltaire's romances
- Cándido o el optimismo
- Traite sur la tolerance
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CITATIONS
- Voltaire." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2015.
- "Voltaire Quotes." BrainyQuote. Xplore, n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2015. Website
- Books by Voltaire." Gutenberg.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2015.
