A famous Enlightenment era writer and philosopher, Voltaire made a splash with his first play, Oedipe. Wikimedia Commons François-Marie d’Arouet was the kind of precocious teen who always got ...

Kinda neat. The voiceover quotes French writer François-Marie Arouet Voltaire. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to ...

Voltaire was enabled to become an old and famous aristocrat by his lottery winnings. Flickr. Francois-Marie Arouet, better-remembered by his pen name “Voltaire,” was born on this day in 1694.

A depiction of the Great Lisbon Earthquake of November 1, 1755. Wikimedia Commons A simple lad. As his name suggests, Voltaire’s hero, Candide, is a simple lad.

“Italy had its renaissance, Germany its reformation, France had Voltaire”, the historian Will Durant once commented. Born François-Marie Arouet, Voltaire (1694-1778) was known in his lifetime ...

The Graphic Arts Collection is fortunate to hold the metal relief blocks for the paragraph capitals designed by Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) for Candide by Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet 1694-1778).Kent ...

On New Year’s Day, 1722, French philosopher Voltaire’s father, François Arouet, died. Although his testament equally divided his possessions between his three children, François was ...

The play is the Egyptian adaptation of the classic novella Candide, written by French author François-Marie Arouet "Voltaire" in the 1750s. "The show has been fully booked since it premiered in July.