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102. Voltaire voltaire. voltaire was born in Paris, Nov. 21, 1694, the son of a notary. He was educated by the Jesuits at the College Louisle-Grand. Early Brilliance. http://www.holysmoke.org/sdhok/voltaire.htm

Voltaire Assumed name of Francois Marie Arouet (1694-1778), French writer and philosopher, who was one of the leaders of the Enlightenment. Voltaire was born in Paris, Nov. 21, 1694, the son of a notary. He was educated by the Jesuits at the College Louis-le-Grand. Early Brilliance. Voltaire quickly chose literature as a career. He began moving in aristocratic circles and soon became known in Paris salons as a brilliant and sarcastic wit. A number of his writings, particularly a lampoon accusing the French regent Philippe II, duc d'Orleans of heinous crimes, resulted in his imprisonment in the Bastille. During his 11-month detention, Voltaire completed his first tragedy, oedipe, which was based upon the Oedipus tyrannus of the ancient Greek dramatist Sophocles, and commenced an epic poem on Henry IV of France. oedipe was given its initial performance at the Theatre-Francais in 1718 and received with great enthusiasm. The work on Henry IV was printed anonymously in Geneva under the title of Poeme de la ligue (Poem of the League, 1723). In his first philosophical poem, Le pour et le contre (For and Against), Voltaire gave eloquent expression to both his anti-Christian[ity] views and his rationalist, deist creed. A quarrel with a member of an illustrious French family, the chevalier de Rohan, resulted in Voltaire's second incarceration in the Bastille, from which he was released within two weeks on his promise to quit France and proceed to England. Accordingly he spent about two years in London. Voltaire soon mastered the English language, and in order to prepare the British public for an enlarged edition of his Poeme de la ligue, he wrote in English two remarkable essays, one on epic poetry and the other on the history of civil wars in France. For a few years the Catholic, autocratic French government prevented the publication of the enlarged edition of Poeme de la ligue, which was retitled La Henriade (The Henriad). The government finally allowed the poem to be published in 1728. This work, an eloquent defense of religious toleration, achieved an almost unprecedented success, not only in Voltaire's native France but throughout all of the continent of Europe as well.

103. History House: Voltaire's Beatings: Part I you are here Column Archives In History voltaire s Beatings Part I, voltaire s Beatings Part I. voltaire gets the snot beat out of him. Again. http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/voltaire_rohan/

search you are here: Column Archives In History Voltaire's Beatings: Part I Voltaire's Beatings: Part I Voltaire gets the snot beat out of him. Again. Navigation Home Column Archives In History Book Reviews ... Search Get Involved Write us a Letter Discussion Forum People online: E-Mail Newsletter Recommended by About HH Contact Info Awards Advertisement In Brief In this first episode in our series about Voltaire's public beatings, the Enlightenment poet insults a rich member of Parisian society whose brother happens to run the Bastille. Oops! Lumps and bruises later, we find Voltaire languishing in France's most infamous prison. Party On You might also be interested in De Sade De Sade was apparently not only a man with interesting tastes, but one with a knack for jailbreaks. Voltaire's Beatings: Part III Voltaire gets the snot beat out of him. Again. Voltaire's Beatings: Part II Voltaire gets the snot beat out of him. Again. Voltaire's Beatings: Part IV Voltaire finally beats up a detractor. About time. var fntext1 = "Yes, we want that book too. Too bad it's been out of print for a century and it's in French."; Voltaire, the greatest man of letters France produced in the eighteenth century, always found himself at odds with the local aristocracy. Voltaire was obviously a man of

104. Soirées De Ferney Ou Confidences De Voltaire L'intimit© de voltaire   Ferney par Simien Despr©aux. Biblioth¨que Gallica. http://gallica.bnf.fr/document?O=N086432

105. Voltaire Translate this page voltaire. voltaire François Marie Arouet (21 novembre 1694-30 mai 1778) Ecrivain, philosophe. Impertinences et ambitions littéraires http://www.chez.com/bacfrancais/biovoltaire.htm

Voltaire (21 novembre 1694-30 mai 1778) Ecrivain, philosophe Impertinences et ambitions littéraires Fils de notaire, il poursuit de brillantes études au Lycée Louis le grand. Dès 1712, il fréquente les salons littéraires et la bonne société, tout en poursuivant des études de droit. Toutefois, son père veut l’envoyer à Saint-Domingue mais il lui répond en écrivant une ode et une satire en vers que sa carrière sera celle des lettres. A force, par la suite, de faire rire tout paris aux dépends de Philippe, il doit s’exiler à Sully-sur-Loire, puis goûter un an le séjour de la Bastille. Toutefois, la véritable entrée sur scène se fera par une tragédie, Œdipe (1718) , où il prend alors le nom de Voltaire. Par la suite choyé, invité de la société, il voyage en Hollande, pays de la liberté, et entend bien faire ses preuves. L’exil en Angleterre Alors qu’on le prend pour un respectable auteur de comédies et de tragédies, il tourne en ridicule le chevalier de Rohan, ce qui lui vaut la bastonnade. Exilé en Angleterre, où il reste trente mois, il apprend l’anglais et l’écrit un an plus tard. Georges II le pensionne et Voltaire accroît considérablement sa fortune. Cirey ou la retraite studieuse Parti d’Angleterre en 1728, il retrouve Paris en mars 1729. ses deux tragédies

106. HOS: Voltaire 19. voltaire. The Age of Reason. Rationalism. voltaire. Perhaps the last man of the literary world to interpret and extend science to the world was voltaire. http://www.rit.edu/~flwstv/voltaire.html

Prof. Fred L. Wilson Rochester Institute of Technology Teaching at RIT HISTORY OF SCIENCE 19. Voltaire The Age of Reason Rationalism The Age of Reason really began with Isaac Newton during the second half of the seventeenth century. During this Age scholars expected that all problems would be solved by the acceptance of a few axioms worked out from careful observations of phenomena, and the skillful use of mathematics. It was not to prove to be as easy as all that, but for the eighteenth century, at least, man gloried in a new intellectual optimism that he had never experienced before and has never experienced since. Rationalism characterized, the leaders of the Age of Reason who argued that pure reason is the only way that ultimate reality can be revealed. Rationalism is accepting careful, accurate observation and true reasoning as the only way to proper beliefs. It is opposed to superstition (ignorant beliefs or practices based on fear or mistaken feelings of reverence), and to depending without question on authority. The end result of applying Newtonian thought is the conclusion that only scientific and especially materialistic methods can be used effectively in the pursuit of knowledge.

107. Infidel Death Beds An account of voltaire's death. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7308/deathbed.htm

Infidel Death-Beds by G. W. Foote and A. D. McLaren Published for the Secular Society Ltd. The Pioneer Press (G.W. Foot and Co. Ltd.) 61, Farringdon Street, E.C.4 FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET, generally known by the name of Voltaire, was born at Chatenay, on February 20, 1694. He died in Paris, on May 30, 1778. To write his life during those eighty-three years would be to give out intellectual history of Europe. While Voltaire was living at Ferney in 1768, he gave a curious exhibition of that profane sportiveness which was a strong element in his character. On Easter Sunday he took his Secretary Wagniere with him to commune at the village church, and also "to lecture a little those scoundrels who steal continually." Apprised of Voltaire's sermon on theft, the Bishop of Anneci rebuked him, and finally "forbade every curate, priest, and monk of his diocese to confess, absolve or give the communion to the seigneur of Ferney, without his express orders, under pain of interdiction." With a wicked light in his eyes, Voltaire said he would commune in spite of the Bishop; nay, that the ceremony should be gone through in his chamber. The curate of St. Sulpice was annoyed at being forestalled by the Abbe Gautier, and as Voltaire was his parishioner, he demanded "a detailed profession of faith and a disavowal of all heretical doctrines." He paid the dying Freethinker many unwelcome visits, in the vain hope of obtaining a full recantation, which would be a fine feather in his hat. The last of these visits is thus described by Wagniere, who was an eyewitness to the scene. We take Carlyle's translation: -

108. Voltaire (François Marie Arouet) Click Here. voltaire (François Marie Arouet). Born, Paris, France, 1694. Died, Paris, France, 1778. Back to voltaire Index. Find more articles on voltaire http://www.theatrehistory.com/french/voltaire001.html

VOLTAIRE Born, Paris, France, 1694 Died, Paris, France, 1778 This document was originally published in Minute History of the Drama Purchase Books by Voltaire T HIS brilliant playwright is known to the world today not by his own name, but simply as "Voltaire," the name he adopted after the successful production of his first play, Oedipe , in 1718. He was the son of a middle class family and was educated by Jesuit priests. From his earliest youth he seems to have been imbued with a spirit of skepticism and rebellion against intolerance. This characteristic which he was at no pains to hide, twice brought him imprisonment in the Bastille, and at a later date, periods of exile from France. One such exile in England brought Voltaire the acquaintance of the important contemporary English writers. Indeed, his writings were bringing him such fame outside of France that he corresponded with some of the greatest people of the day including Catherine the Great of Russia. About this time he spent several years in Berlin whither he had gone at the invitation of Frederick the Great of Prussia. During his stay in Berlin, Lessing , who was later to become the first great German dramatist, was employed by Voltaire in making translations.

109. Project Gutenberg - Bibliographic Record Texte int©gral de la nouvelle de voltaire,   t©l©charger sur le site du Projet Gutenberg. Format zip ou txt. http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/BIBREC/BR4649.HTM

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110. Voltaire Residence / Residence Of Voltaire voltaire and Emilie du Chatelet lived at the Chateau de Cirey from 1734 to 1749. After he left Cirey, voltaire continued this habit of living near borders. http://www.visitvoltaire.com/

English Home Tours of the Chateau Voltaire Emilie du Chatelet A Love Story ... Site Map Entry door to the Gallery designed by Voltaire Summer 2003: Exhibit Table Art and fine dining in the 18th century. Voltaire at Cirey Located in the Haute-Marne district about 250 km from Paris, the Chateau de Cirey was marked by the presence of Voltaire who lived there for 15 years from 1734 to 1749. Voltaire was the guest of Gabrielle Emilie de Breteuil, Marquise du Chatelet, another great intellect of the 18th century. Voltaire was forced to flee Paris and take refuge at Cirey in 1734 after the publication of "Philosophic Letters" also know as "The English Letters". The "Letters" strongly criticized existing French institutions. The French parliament, angered by the letters, ordered that Voltaire be imprisoned. Having already served two previous sentences in the Bastille, Voltaire preferred to flee. The Marquise du Chatelet, a friend whom Voltaire had met the year before, offered him asylum at her Cirey property. The chateau was located near the border with Lorraine which was an independent province at the time. It was an ideal refuge for Voltaire who could cross the border if he was pursued by the authorities.

111. Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire - Biography And Works FrancoisMarie Arouet voltaire. Extensive Biography of Francois-Marie Arouet voltaire and a searchable collection of works. Francois-Marie Arouet voltaire. http://www.online-literature.com/voltaire/

Home Author Index Shakespeare The Bible ... Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire Fiction Candide Non-fiction Letters on England Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire Search all of Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire Voltaire (1694-1778) , French writer, satirist, the embodiment of the 18th-century Enlightenment, remembered as a crusader against tyranny and bigotry. Among his best-known works is the satirical Candide François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire was born on November 21, 1694 in Paris into a middle-class family. His father was a minor treasury official. Voltaire was educated by the Jesuits at the Collège Louis-le-Grand (1704-11). From 1711 to 1713 he studied law and then worked as a secretary to the French ambassador in Holland before devoting himself entirely to writing. Voltaire energetically attacked the government and the Catholic Church, which earned him numerous imprisonments and exiles. In 1716 Voltaire was arrested and exiled from Paris for five months. From 1717 to 1718 he was imprisoned in the Bastille for lampoons of the Regency. During this time he wrote the tragedy Œdipe , and started to use the name Voltaire. The play brought him fame but also more enemies at court. With some lucky speculation he gained wealth in 1726.

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113. Voltaire Should the police be looking for him, voltaire had an escape route planned, and money stashed in foreign countries. voltaire social reform writer. http://www.visitvoltaire.com/voltaire_bio.htm

English Home Tours of the Chateau Voltaire Emilie du Chatelet A Love Story Voltaire and Emilie Picture Gallery ... Site Map Left: Voltaire (age 41) by Maurice Quentin de La Tour Right: Voltaire (age 55) Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire born: Nov. 21, 1694 died: May 30, 1778 France's Greatest Writer In the 18th century, at a time when French culture dominated Europe, Voltaire dominated French culture. His writing includes a vast amount of work in almost every literary form, including 56 plays, dialogues, historical writing, stories and novels, poetry and epic poems, essays, scientific and learned papers, pamphlets, book reviews, and more than 20,000 letters. Voltaire was born November 21, 1694 and lived to age 83. He chose a career as a writer against the wishes of his father who said he couldn't earn a living as a writer. However, by the time he was forty years old, Voltaire was both a well-known writer and a wealthy man. A Writer for Social Reform Voltaire is known for his philosophical writing, his great wit, and as a crusader against injustice, intolerance, cruelty, and war. In France, in the 1700's, he was the most outspoken writer who supported political and social reform. Because his writing criticized the King and the Church, he lived most of his life in constant fear of being jailed. Thus, he spent comparatively few years of his life in Paris, where his stay was either forbidden or too dangerous. Voltaire was the son of a notary. He attended the Jesuit College Louis-le-Grand from age 9 to age 17. After leaving school, his father found employment for him working in a law office, but Voltaire wished to devote himself to literature. He spent much of his time in Paris salons and became the wit of Parisian society.

114. Project Gutenberg - Bibliographic Record Texte int©gral de la nouvelle de voltaire,   t©l©charger sur le site du Projet Gutenberg. Format txt ou zip. http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/BIBREC/BR4650.HTM

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117. Voltaire, The Incomparable Infidel Full text of the 1929 biography of voltaire by Joseph Lewis. http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/lewis/lewvolt.htm

Voltaire The Incomparable Infidel by Joseph Lewis e-text conversion and HTML by Cliff Walker Index: Historical Writings (Voltaire) Index: Historical Writings (Lewis: Freethought Heroes) Index: Historical Writings (Biographies) Index: Historical Writings (Books) Home to Positive Atheism See also: Voltaire by Clarence Darrow See also: Voltaire 1894 by Robert Green Ingersoll See also: by Jim Herrick See also: Voltaire by Thomas S. Vernon Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four ... References Voltaire The Incomparable Infidel by Joseph Lewis Author, The Tyranny of God, The Bible Unmasked Lincoln, the Freethinker Burbank, the Infidel Jefferson, the Freethinker ... Freethinker , etc. The Freethought Press Association: New York A special edition of Voltaire, The Incomparable Infidel, consists of two hundred and fifty copies, set in Granjon type, printed on Utopian paper, bound in limp leather, with gilt top, and stamped in gold. Each copy is autographed and numbered by the author. Second Edition September 1933. Third Edition November 1934. Fourth Edition December 1935.

118. Voltaire PAID ADVERTISEMENTS. Library Historical Documents voltaire. voltaire. 1694 1778 . Candide (1759). See Also voltaire. http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/voltaire/

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120. On Voltaire On voltaire. Robert Green Ingersoll. Bank of Wisdom Box 926, Louisville, KY 40201 1 voltaire The king ruled by force, the priest by fear, and both by both. http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/on_voltaire.html

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