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| Voltaire |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Vol·taire |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v l-târ , v l-, vôl-t r |
| DATES: | 1694–1778 |
| VARIANTS: | Pen name of François Marie Arouet. |
| 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).
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