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Tell me about Voltaire.
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Tell me about Voltaire.
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he was number one
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Didn't he write that critical article on China in the Encyclopédie, while it was actually about France but he didn't want to be beheaded?
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>Holy
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>>904227
WHY DOES HE WEAR THE WIG?
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>>904234
Yes it happened a lot back then. Montesqieu did the same thing in the Persian Letters.
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>>904252
Or perhaps he's wondering why someone would call it HRE despite being neither of those.
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>>904271
>Or perhaps he's wondering why someone would call it the HRE despite being none of those.

ftfy
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Faggot proto-SJW. Contributed to the destruction of France and French culture.
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>>904290
explain
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>>904227
Loved tolerance.
Hated jews.
Figures.
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He's wearing a big wig
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Candice was hilarious. That's all I know.
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>>904392
>Candide
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>>904342
Pour vous.
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>>904252
No one cared who he was before he put on the wig.
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>>904298
He's some faggot NRxer.

Ignore him.
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Writing fictional books is not philosophy, especially when it misunderstands the philosopher you satirise.
He's a demagogue, not a philosopher, basically Ayn Rand of the enlightenment.
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>>904299

>implying the parasites of humanity deserve tolerance

Anon, have you ever heard of the Tribe....
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>>904819
To wield a pen is a declaration of war.
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So OP here. Basically, from what I'm getting so far, Voltaire was the greatest human being to ever grace this planet?
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>>905052
Not sure about that, but he was definitely the most smug one.
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