Voltaire

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François-Marie Arouet , known by his nom de plume Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity—especially the Roman Catholic Church—as well as his advocacy of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.

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• The White Bull
• The Man of Forty Crowns
• The Ignorant Philosopher
• Memnon
• L'Ingénu
• Les Lettres d’Amabed
• Les Aveugles juges des couleurs
• Jeannot and Colin
• History of Charles XII
• Candide
• Aventure indienne
• Aventure de la mémoire
• Treatise on Tolerance
• Sophonisbe
• Les Guèbres ou la tolérance
• Le Crocheteur borgne
• Le Blanc et le noir

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