Properties (37)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:philosopher
writer historian |
| gptkbp:associatedAct |
gptkb:French_Revolution
Enlightenment Philosophical movement |
| gptkbp:birthDate |
November 21, 1694
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| gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Paris,_France
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| gptkbp:child |
François-Marie Arouet
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| gptkbp:deathDate |
May 30, 1778
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| gptkbp:deathPlace |
gptkb:Paris,_France
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| gptkbp:famousQuote |
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
"The perfect is the enemy of the good." "Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers." "All is for the best, in the best of all possible worlds." "It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong." |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Voltaire
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| gptkbp:image |
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Voltaire,_by_Jean-Antoine_Houdon,_1778.jpg/800px-Voltaire,_by_Jean-Antoine_Houdon,_1778.jpg
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche gptkb:Karl_Marx |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Rene_Descartes
gptkb:John_Locke gptkb:Isaac_Newton |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
satire
critique of organized religion advocacy of civil liberties |
| gptkbp:nationality |
French
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| gptkbp:notableWork |
Candide
Zadig Philosophical Letters Treatise on Tolerance |
| gptkbp:occupation |
essayist
playwright poet |
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Émilie_du_Châtelet
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| gptkbp:website |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire
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