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Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)

* 1694 in Paris
+ 1778 in Paris


   

Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)

French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher.
He was an advocat of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and separation of church and state.
in 1751 he completed Micromégas, a piece of science fiction
involving ambassadors from another planet witnessing the follies of humankind.



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