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Voltaire was a strong advocate of social reform while Rousseau was an advocate of equality within society. Both of these thinkers gave the American Revolution and our founding fathers important concepts upon which to build a new form of government. He influenced our country In entertainment. He did this with books, poems, plays, and polemics. He might of not done a big change but is was a change for the better.

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Voltaire was famous for his ability to write, he could write anything from poems to plays, but his most famous works included the fictitious Letters philosophical.

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Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer. In his lifetime he published numerous works, including books, plays, poems, and polemics. His most famous works included the fictitious Letters philosophical (1734) and the satirical novel Candide (1759).

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Voltaire believed that everyone should have an education, (all men, not women). he also believed that the church was teaching the wrong idea or not even teaching this intellectually, Voltaire also recognized that education is the way to find the truth.

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Voltaire was born in November 21, 1694 in Paris, France. His original name was Francois-Marie Arouet. Somethings you might want to know about him is that he had 5 siblings and his mother died when she was 5.