Question

how did enlightenment philosopher voltaire influence french government

Answer 1

François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire(/vɒlˈtɛər/;[2] French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity, especially the Roman Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and separation of church and state.

Voltaire



Portrait by Nicolas de Largillière, c. 1724

BornFrançois-Marie Arouet
21 November 1694
Paris, Kingdom of FranceDied30 May 1778(aged 83)
Paris, Kingdom of FranceResting placePanthéon, Paris, FranceOccupationWriter, philosopherLanguageFrenchNationalityFrenchAlma materCollège Louis-le-GrandPartnerÉmilie du Châtelet(1733–1749)Philosophy careerEraAge of EnlightenmentRegionWestern philosophy
French philosophySchoolLumières
Philosophes
Deism
Classical liberalism

Main interests

Political philosophy, literature, historiography, biblical criticism

Notable ideas

Philosophy of history,[1] freedom of religion, freedom of speech, separation of church and state

Influences

Francis Bacon, Pierre Bayle, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Miguel de Cervantes, Cicero, Emilie de Chatelet, Pierre Corneille, Epicurus, Homer, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, John Locke, Lucian, Lucretius, Jean Meslier, Moliere, Isaac Newton, Alexander Pope, Jean Racine, William Shakespeare, Ibn Tufail, Virgil, Zoroaster

Influenced

Vissarion Belinsky, Jeremy Bentham, Jorge Luis Borges, Lord Byron, Catherine the Great, Emilie de Chatelet, Denis Diderot, Gustave Flaubert, Frederick the Great, William Godwin, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alexander Herzen, Christopher Hitchens, Victor Hugo, Karl Marx, Napoleon, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Paine, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Percy Bysshe Shelley, David Strauss, Mary Wollstonecraft

Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets.[3] He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma and the French institutions of his day

Answer 2

Voltaire spoke against the Church and the treatment of common people in France by the first two estates.

Explanation:

• Voltaire stood against the Church's authority as they exercise power over society by holding a large amount of land.
• Church authority and nobility enjoyed the privileges and rises in society.
• Voltaire believed the government to protect the basic rights of people.
• The basic rights Voltaire meant included freedom of religion and speech.
• He always stood against the favoring of the government to particular groups in society.

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