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Voltaire

Voltaire. Bridget Kennedy and JJ Slomba. Biographical info. 1964 in Paris, France College Louis-le-Grand in Paris Playwright Lawyer’s apprentice & Secretary of a French Diplomat 1720’s- Regency literary circles. Influences. Isaac Newton John Locke Jacobite Lord Bolingbroke Plato.

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Voltaire

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  1. Voltaire Bridget Kennedy and JJ Slomba

  2. Biographical info • 1964 in Paris, France • College Louis-le-Grand in Paris • Playwright • Lawyer’s apprentice & Secretary of a French Diplomat • 1720’s- Regency literary circles

  3. Influences • Isaac Newton • John Locke • Jacobite Lord Bolingbroke • Plato

  4. Basic issues • Religious Intolerance • Civil Liberties • Free Trade/Taxes • Social Reform • Limitation of censorship • Justice • Individualism

  5. Conclusions • Separation of the Church and State • Supported individualism • Monarchy • Deism

  6. Contradictory thinkers • People of France • Louis XIV • Rousseau • Philosophers

  7. His views acceptance in the larger community • Prison • Exiled from France to England • Denied burial on Church grounds

  8. Influence on politics, governance, and philosophers • American andFrench revolution • Candide • Enlightenment

  9. positives • First scholar to write a history of the world eliminating theological frameworks • Equality • Justice • Caused reform in England, France, and America

  10. Negatives • Criticism of religious tradition and religion • Adverse to idea of supreme being • “It is perfectly evident to my mind that there exists a necessary, eternal, supreme, and intelligent being. This is no matter of faith, but of reason” (Voltaire-Biography).

  11. Effects on today • Separation of Church and State • Advancement of science and technology • Ideology still seen in America’s government

  12. Works cited • "The Enlightenment in France: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, the Encyclopedists and Nicholas De Condorcet." The Enlightenment in France: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, the Encyclopedists and Nicholas De Condorcet. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 May 2014. • "Fight Songwriting Inertia With Cold-Blooded Ruthlessness." THE MUSICAL ADVENTURES OF JON DUBOIS IN NEW YORK CITY. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2014. • "Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy." Rousseau, Jean-Jacques []. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 May 2014. • "John Locke." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 05 Sept. 2014. Web. 13 May 2014. • Shank, J.B. "Voltaire." Stanford University. Stanford University, 31 Aug. 2009. Web. 13 May 2014. • "Voltaire - Biography." Voltaire. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2014. • "Voltaire Biography - Profile, Childhood, Personal Life." Biography of Famous People. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2014. • Voltaire, The Biography of. "The Biography of Voltaire." Poemhunter.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2014.

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