Voltaire

Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher celebrated for his wit, advocacy of civil liberties, and relentless attacks on religious intolerance, superstition, and the abuses of Church and monarchy. His satirical novella Candide (1759), with its devastating critique of optimism and institutional cruelty, is among the most widely read works of 18th-century literature. He produced an extraordinary body of work across drama, poetry, philosophy, and history, and his correspondence and activism helped define the intellectual character of the Age of Enlightenment.

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