Enlightenment

Francis-Marie Arouet (1694-1778)
(Voltaire)
• Wrote Candide in 1759 in which he
analyzes the problem of evil in the world
and depicts the woes heaped upon the
world in the name of religion
• His battle cry against the Roman
Catholic Church was ecrasez l’infame
(“crush the damned thing”) Believed in
religious freedom and freedom of
speech.
• "I disapprove of what you say but I
will defend to the death your right
to say it."
• "It is dangerous to be right when the
government is wrong.
• French Author and thinker.
• "Man is free at the moment he wishes to
be”
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