Voltaire

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This page is about the deist writer and philosopher. For the musician, see Voltaire (musician).

English: François-Marie Arouet (November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, deist and philosopher.

Español: François-Marie Arouet (21 de noviembre de 1694 – 30 de mayo de 1778), más conocido por su pseudónimo Voltaire, fue un escritor y filósofo deista ilustrado francés.

[edit] Portraits of Voltaire

Portrait of Voltaire
Portrait of Voltaire
Portrait of Voltaire
Portrait of Voltaire
Voltaire at his desk. Engraving by Baquoy
Adolph von Menzel: Tafelrunde König Friedrich II. Voltaire is on the left.

[edit] Voltaire statues

Voltaire naked, by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, 1776, Louvre.
Voltaire naked, by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, 1776, Louvre.
Voltaire naked, by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, 1776, Louvre.
Buste de Voltaire avec perruque, Bust of Voltaire with wig, 1778, marbre, marble, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Jean Antoine Houdon (1741 - 1828)
Voltaire statue in the Pantheon de Paris
Statue in the Hôtel de Ville of Paris
thumb|Statue de Voltaire

[edit] Manuscript texts

Voltaire handwriting, regarding the case Jean Calas. The phrase écrasez l'infâme at the bottom.

[edit] Books

Candide
Title page of Voltaires Lettres sur les Anglois (Letters about the English), printed in 1735.
Voltaire's Lettres sur les Anglois. The beginning of chapter 10, Lettre sur la Commerce. Printed in 1735.
Frontispiece to Voltaire's interpretation of Isaac Newton's work, Elémens de la philosophie de Newton (1738)
Mahomet
Essai sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations
Candide