Question

Why id voltaire is known as the father of modern history?

Answer 1

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.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

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According to Voltaire, it was important to consider the following aspects while writing history =>

1. Objective truth and chronology of events

2. Prevalent social traditions

3. Agriculture, trade and economic system

4. It was because of his view that all aspects of human life was considered for History writing .

Therefore, He is said to be the founder of modern Historiography.

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