Voltaire by Emilly Duggins

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Francois-Marie Aronet

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By: Alex Betsko, Emilly Duggins

Birthplace: Paris (Kingdom of France)

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dates lived

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1694-1778

Voltaire was a writer, philosopher, playwright, and a historian

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Quotes

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"Man is free at the moment he wants to be" -Voltaire.
-A man will always find time to do something if he needs to.
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atruities" -Voltaire.
-People can make you believe certain things and make you do bad decissions

long term impacts they had on society

emilly_duggins — 2016-08-22 02:05:10 UTC

1.His tragedy that he wrote in 1717-1718 while in prison.. This was one of the first times he identified himself by his new pen name, Voltaire.
2.Putting France into an Enlightenment style. Voltaire helped bring Enlightenment ideals to France.

who opposed him and why

emilly_duggins — 2016-08-22 02:10:34 UTC

A lot of people opposed Voltaire because of his beliefs in science. He wanted the enlightenment to happen in France, but many people thought that science was heresy.

three of their his main ideas

emilly_duggins — 2016-08-22 02:14:43 UTC

One of his main ideas was to advance the enlightenment, Another one was to be a successful writer and poet, The third main idea was to rid the states of skepticism