Voltaire,
(François Marie Arouet de) (born François Marie Arouet) 1694-1778; Fr. writer and philosopher
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(vōl-târˈ, vŏl-, vôl-tĕrˈ) Pen name of François Marie Arouet. 1694-1778.
French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment, often attacking injustice and intolerance. He wrote Candide (1759) and the Philosophical Dictionary (1764).