Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Roman Catholic Church) and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, histories, and even scientific expositions. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and 2,000 books and pamphlets. Voltaire was one of the first authors to become renowned and commercially successful internationally. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties and was at constant risk from the strict censorship laws of the Catholic French monarchy. His polemics witheringly satirized intolerance and religious dogma, as well as the French institutions of his day. His best-known work and ''magnum opus'', ''Candide'', is a novella that comments on, criticizes, and ridicules many events, thinkers and philosophies of his time, most notably Gottfried Leibniz and his belief that our world is of necessity the "best of all possible worlds". Provided by Wikipedia
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Cándido o el optimismo. Zadig o el destino / by Voltaire, seud., 1694-1778
Published 1981Other Authors: “…Arouet, Francois-Marie, 1694-1778…”
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Correspondance / by Voltaire, seud., 1694-1778
Published 1964Other Authors: “…Arouet, Francois-Marie, 1694-1778…”
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Ensayos sobre las costumbres y el espíritu de las naciones y sobre los principales hechos de la historia desde Carlomagno hasta Luis XIII / by Voltaire, seud., 1694-1778
Published 1959Other Authors: “…Arouet, Francois-Marie, 1694-1778…”
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Mélanges / by Voltaire, seud., 1694-1778
Published 1965Other Authors: “…Arouet, Francois-Marie, 1694-1778…”
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Oeuvres historiques / by Voltaire, seud., 1694-1778
Published 1962Other Authors: “…Arouet, Francois-Marie, 1694-1778…”
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Romans et contes / by Voltaire, seud., 1694-1778
Published 1961Other Authors: “…Arouet, Francois-Marie, 1694-1778…”
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Novelas escogidas / by Voltaire, seud., 1694-1778
Published 1967Other Authors: “…Arouet, Francois-Marie, 1694-1778…”
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Cándido o el optimismo / by Voltaire, seud., 1694-1778
Published 1984Other Authors: “…Arouet, Francois-Marie, 1694-1778…”
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Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations et sur les principaux faits de l'histoire depuis Charlemagne jusqu'a Louis XIII / by Voltaire, 1694-1778
Published 1990Other Authors: “…Arouet, Francois-Marie, 1694-1778…”
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Tratado de la tolerancia / by Voltaire, 1694-1778
Published 1999Other Authors: “…Arouet, Francois-Marie, 1694-1778…”
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Lettres choisies de Voltaire /
Published 1946Other Authors: “…Arouet, Francois-Marie, 1694-1778…”
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