Voltaire was a sage in the mould of Cicero, Johnson, and Wilde.
He did not set out a systematic "philosophy" in a series of dry
tomes. He lived his philosophy, and his writings were an
expression of his life.
That life was one long rebellion against authority. Born in 1694
in Paris, into a wealthy, aristocratic family, François-Marie
d'Arouet abandoned the ...
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