Voltaire Notebook

I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to death for your "Right to say". This image depicts Voltaire at 70; engraving from 1843 edition of his Philosophical Dictionary. His given name was François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity—especially the Roman Catholic Church—as well as his advocacy of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.