Voltaire

Voltaire (real name François-Marie Arouet) was born on November 21, 1694 in Paris, France. He was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher. Biography and Career : His family was wealthy, so Voltaire followed the course of "Louis- le- Grand”. His uncle convinced him to become an atheist, fact that was contradictory to the early period of Illuminism. In 1711, Voltaire ent ...

Date added: 04 March '08