Voltaire
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- Noun:
- French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)
Word Origin
- Voltaire
- name taken from 1718 by French author François Marie Arouet (1694-1778) after his imprisonment in the Bastille on suspicion of having written some satirical verses; originally de Voltaire. The signification is uncertain.
Example
- 1. Work banishes those three great evils : boredom , vice , and poverty . ( Voltaire , French Philosopher )
- 2. Work banishes those three great evils : boredom , vice , and poverty . ( Voltaire , French Philosopher )
- 3. Labor is often the father of pleasure . & Voltaire
- 4. Every man , as to character , is the creature of the age in which he lives . & Voltaire
- 5. Voltaire \'s viewpoint of cultural history-take India as an example