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Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
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Francois Marie Arouet (276)
Birth: | 21st November, 1694 |
Death: | 30th May, 1778 |
Nationality: | French |
Profession: | Historian, Philosopher, Writer |
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François-Marie Arouet was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state. Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works.
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