- François-Marie
Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21
November 1694 – 30 May 1778),
known by his nom de
plume M. de
Voltaire (/vɒlˈtɛər, voʊl-/, US also...
- is virtue. He
sought to move
beyond simple deism (often
described as
Voltairean by its adherents) to a new and, in his view, more
rational devotion to...
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mechanistically 'ideal' society, a
vigorous melodramatic story-line, and a
sharp Voltairean satire.
Player Piano was
nominated for the
International Fantasy Award...
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Monfasani credited the book with "grace and learning" but
found Greenblatt's
Voltairean and
Burckhardtian interpretation of De
Rerum Natura and the Renaissance...
- Périgueux, Dordogne. He was the
second of six sons of Jean-Baptiste Bloy, a
Voltairean freethinker, and Anne-Marie Carreau, a
stern disciplinarian and pious...
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probably during this
period that
Louis Philippe picked up his
slightly Voltairean[clarification needed]
brand of Catholicism. When
Louis Philippe's grandfather...
- But then,
abandoning the
affirmative tone, they used
terms similar to
Voltairean prose when they
evoked the
procession of "alleged
soothsayers and magicians"...
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nineteenth century the word "liberal" was
generally synonymous with
Voltaireanism and
hostility to the Jesuits,
certain speeches of Royer-Collard quoted...
- 1769) is
considered prototypical to
science fiction.[page needed] It is a
voltairean conte philosophique influenced by Micromégas.
Utopia was a
major genre...
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classical liberal politician,
leading French Revolutionary, republican, and
Voltairean anti-clericalist. He was also a
fierce defender of
human rights, including...
