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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Writer
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkb:Enlightenment
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Royal_Society_of_London
gptkb:French_Academy
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1694-11-21
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gptkbp:birth_place
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gptkb:Paris,_France
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gptkbp:contribution
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advocacy for civil liberties
philosophical skepticism
support for separation of church and state
critique of organized religion
promotion of freedom of speech
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gptkbp:death_date
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1778-05-30
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gptkbp:famous_quote
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" All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds."
" Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers."
" The perfect is the enemy of the good."
" I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
" It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Charles Arouet
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Simón_Bolívar
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Karl_Marx
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Rene_Descartes
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
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gptkbp:known_for
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gptkb:satire
philosophical writings
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gptkbp:legacy
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gptkb:Voltaire_Foundation
gptkb:Voltaire_Prize
influence on human rights movements
influence on literature and drama
influence on modern secular thought
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gptkbp:name
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gptkb:Voltaire
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:French
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:Philosophical_Dictionary
gptkb:Candide
Letters on England
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:activists
gptkb:drama
gptkb:historians
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Émilie_du_Châtelet
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:François-Marie_Arouet
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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