Was Voltaire a genius?

I think so. In many ways he reminds me of Oscar Wilde: the most famous thing about him was his “zingers,” one liners that grabbed attention. My two favorites are: “A man without religion is like a fish without a bicycle. read more

Voltaire (1694-1778), whose real name was Jean-Marie Arouet, was a philosopher of the XVIIIth century, also called “le siècle des Lumières” in french, exactly in reference to the philosophers like Voltaire. He is especially knowned for his works like Candide or Micromégas, both philosophical tales. read more

HOW CANDIDE WAS BROUGHT UP IN A MAGNIFICENT CASTLE, AND HOW HE WAS EXPELLED THENCE. / In a castle of Westphalia, belonging to the Baron of Thunder-ten-Tronckh, lived a youth, whom read more