aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume M. de Voltaire (/vɒlˈtɛər, voʊl-/, US also /vɔːl-/; French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment...
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Voltaire High (French: Mixte, lit. 'Mixed') is a French television series created by Marie Roussin and released by Amazon Prime Video on June 14, 2021...
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Look up Voltaire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Voltaire is the pen name of French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher François-Marie...
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Leslie Voltaire (born 11 July 1949) is a Haitian politician and architect serving as the president of the Transitional Presidential Council since October...
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Aurelio Voltaire Hernández (born January 25, 1967), professionally known as Aurelio Voltaire or simply Voltaire, is a Cuban-American musician, singer...
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Voltaire (French pronunciation: [vɔltɛːʁ] ) is a station on Line 9 of the Paris Métro. The station is located under Place Léon Blum (formerly Place Voltaire)...
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The Voltaire Falls (French: Chutes Voltaire) is a series of waterfalls in the Voltaire Creek in French Guiana, France. The Voltaire Falls are the largest...
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Voltaire may refer to: Cabaret Voltaire (Zürich), a Swiss cabaret founded in 1916, distinguished by the involvement of Dada artists Cabaret Voltaire (band)...
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Ferney-Voltaire (French pronunciation: [fɛʁ'nɛ vɔl'tɛʁ]) is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It lies...
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Candide (category Novels by Voltaire)
(/kɒnˈdiːd/ kon-DEED, French: [kɑ̃did] ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The...
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The Friends of Voltaire is an anecdotal biography of 18th-century French Enlightenment writer Voltaire written by English author Evelyn Beatrice Hall...
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The Voltaire Network (French: Réseau Voltaire) is an international non-profit advocacy and alternative media organisation founded and led by French journalist...
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Cabaret Voltaire were an English music group formed in Sheffield in 1973 and initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk, and Chris Watson...
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Cabaret Voltaire was the name of a short-lived nightclub in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1916, revived in the 21st century. It was founded by Hugo Ball, with...
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at Voltaire was the second concert residency by American singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera. It was produced by Live Nation, and ran at Voltaire at...
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Denain Voltaire Basket is a French professional basketball club that was founded in 1947, and is based in Denain, France. The club plays in the LNB Pro...
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Boulevard Voltaire in Marseille Boulevard Voltaire in Paris Impasse Voltaire [fr] in Paris Quai Voltaire in Paris. Rue Voltaire in Grenoble Rue Voltaire [fr]...
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The Quai Voltaire (French pronunciation: [kɛ vɔltɛʁ]) is a street and quay located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. 308 meters long, it lies between...
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Poetical Refugee (redirect from La Faute à Voltaire)
Poetical Refugee (French: La Faute à Voltaire) is a 2001 French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, starring Sami Bouajila, Élodie Bouchez and...
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The Boulevard Voltaire is a well-known boulevard in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. It was created by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann during the reign...
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The Apotheosis of Voltaire led by Truth and crowned by Glory (French: “l’Apothéose de Voltaire conduit par la Vérité et couronné par la Gloire”), also...
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Studio Voltaire is a non-profit gallery and artist studios based in Clapham, South London. The organisation focuses on contemporary arts, staging a public...
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This is the discography of English music group Cabaret Voltaire. A Factory Sample (1978) – "Baader Meinhof" and "Sex in Secret" C81 (1981) – "Raising the...
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Lycée Voltaire may refer to the following schools: In France: Lycée Voltaire (Paris) in Paris Lycée Voltaire (Orléans) [fr] in Orléans Outside France:...
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Sexuality of Frederick the Great (section Voltaire)
famous contemporaries, Voltaire and Giacomo Casanova, who personally knew him and his sexual preferences. Significantly, Voltaire nicknamed Frederick "Luc"...
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Château de Voltaire is located in Ferney-Voltaire (Ain) in France, close to the border with Switzerland and the city of Geneva. It was Voltaire’s home between...
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Voltaire is the given name of: Voltaire Volly De Faut (1904–1973), American jazz reed player Voltaire Gazmin (born 1944), 40th commander of the Philippine...
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known for her biography of Voltaire entitled The Life of Voltaire, first published in 1903. She also wrote The Friends of Voltaire, which she completed in...
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Humanists UK (redirect from Voltaire Lectures)
the Rosalind Franklin Lecture (commemorating women in humanism), the Voltaire Lecture (on humanism more generally), the Bentham Lecture (co-hosted with...
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Jean-Paul Sartre (redirect from You don't arrest Voltaire)
Gaulle intervened and pardoned him, commenting that "you don't arrest Voltaire". In 1975, when asked how he would like to be remembered, Sartre replied:...
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