![]() ![]() A man of extraordinary energy and abilities, he produced some 100 volumes of poetry, fiction, theatre, biblical and literary criticism, history and philosophy.Īmong his myriad works, Voltaire’s Candide, or Optimism (1759) is widely recognised as the masterpiece. “Italy had its renaissance, Germany its reformation, France had Voltaire”, the historian Will Durant once commented.īorn François-Marie Arouet, Voltaire (1694-1778) was known in his lifetime as the “patriarch” of the French enlightenment. Wikimedia Commons Matthew Sharpe, Deakin University Atelier de Nicolas de Largilliere, portrait of Voltaire at 24. ![]()
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