Vie de Voltaire

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The Vie de Voltaire (1789) is a biography written by Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet. Condorcet, a philosopher of the Enlightenment, was a friend of Voltaire and admired his opposition to the church. The biography reveals Condorcet's sympathy for Voltaire's views and was widely read.12

Voltaire himself was a prolific writer, known for works like Candide and Lettres philosophiques, which explored English society and government. Condorcet, in his own writings, championed educational reform and women's rights, believing in the indefinite perfectibility of humankind.12

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Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
Turgot in 1786 and his Vie de Voltaire in 1789. Those biographies of his friends reveal his sympathy with Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot’s economic theories about mitigating the suffering of the French populace before the French Revolution and with Voltaire’s opposition to the church. Both works were widely and eagerly read and…
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Turgot in 1786 and his Vie de Voltaire in 1789. Those biographies of his friends reveal his sympathy with Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot’s economic theories about mitigating the suffering of the French populace before the French Revolution and with Voltaire’s opposition to the church. Both works were widely and eagerly read and…
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