Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet

CountryFrance

LanguagesFrench

Dates1694 — 1778

enlightenment

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François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.— Wikipedia