85 Finest Voltaire Quotes
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Publicado 2018-11-21
Voltaire advocated for civil liberties, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state. Also, as a satirical polemicist, he frequently criticized Catholic Church and the French institutions of his day.
His intelligence, wit and especially style made him one of France's greatest writers and philosophers, despite the controversy he attracted during his lifetime.
He was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including novels, poems, essays, plays, as well as historical and scientific works. He managed to write over 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. One of his most famous books and the best example of his style is satirical novella Candide (1759).
Voltaire’s works and ideas influenced many important thinkers of both the American and French Revolutions.
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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An intellectual titan
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this is an example of the great loss many of our young generation have, because many people today and the last 2 generations, do not read Voltaire nor do they study history or philosophy. I am so glad I studied these things at college and later in the Seminary (which I later abandoned and shook loose).
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Voltaire is irresistable, a genius with a brilliant sense of humor who was centuries ahead of his time.
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Well done things in this presentation: – graphics, – typography, – quotation style
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Thanks for posting this
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How can you not love this man.
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Possibly the wisest human to ever live.
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# 86 "Never fear a revolution from the intellectuals,because we are a minority "
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Excellent
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He was amazing 👌👌
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The old fellow could write, that’s for damned sure. Nobody beats him for a pithy, relevant quote, even today.
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Nice thank you
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first one touched my heart
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the average man living back in the 1700s was way more intellectual than even some of our smartest men and women or politiicans of today. My next study will be of John Locke, and Plato.
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“It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.” (Voltaire)
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If God has made man in his own image, we have returned him the favor... Wao just thought provoking...
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Voltaire re, enlightenment; "We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilization.”
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The Holy Roman Empire was Neither Holy, Nor Roman, Nor an Empire Brilliant, just brilliant
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the least the transcribers of these maxims could have done is get them right!
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Number 23 seems to be entirely relevant to todays current political climate .
