French Human Rights Activists - French Anti-Death Penalty Activists, Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Albert Camus, Octave Mirbeau, Jacques Gaillot (Paperback)


Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: French anti-death penalty activists, Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Albert Camus, Octave Mirbeau, Jacques Gaillot, Alice Domon, Francois-Xavier Verschave, Robert Badinter, Ioannis Psycharis, Bertrand Favreau, Charles Lucas. Excerpt: Francois-Marie Arouet (French pronunciation: 21 November 1694 - 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire (pronounced: ), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade. Voltaire was a prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form including plays, poetry, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform, despite strict censorship laws and harsh penalties for those who broke them. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma and the French institutions of his day. Voltaire was one of several Enlightenment figures (along with Montesquieu, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Emilie du Chatelet) whose works and ideas influenced important thinkers of both the American and French Revolutions. Francois-Marie Arouet was born in Paris, the youngest of the five children (only three of whom survived) of Francois Arouet (1650 - 1 January 1722), a notary who was a minor treasury official, and his wife, Marie Marguerite d'Aumart (ca. 1660 - 13 July 1701), from a noble family of the province of Poitou. Voltaire was educated by Jesuits at the College Louis-le-Grand (1704-1711), where he learned Latin and Greek; later in life he became fluent in Italian, Spanish and English. By the time he left school, Voltaire had decided he wanted to be a writer, against the wishes of his father, ...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: French anti-death penalty activists, Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Albert Camus, Octave Mirbeau, Jacques Gaillot, Alice Domon, Francois-Xavier Verschave, Robert Badinter, Ioannis Psycharis, Bertrand Favreau, Charles Lucas. Excerpt: Francois-Marie Arouet (French pronunciation: 21 November 1694 - 30 May 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire (pronounced: ), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade. Voltaire was a prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form including plays, poetry, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform, despite strict censorship laws and harsh penalties for those who broke them. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma and the French institutions of his day. Voltaire was one of several Enlightenment figures (along with Montesquieu, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Emilie du Chatelet) whose works and ideas influenced important thinkers of both the American and French Revolutions. Francois-Marie Arouet was born in Paris, the youngest of the five children (only three of whom survived) of Francois Arouet (1650 - 1 January 1722), a notary who was a minor treasury official, and his wife, Marie Marguerite d'Aumart (ca. 1660 - 13 July 1701), from a noble family of the province of Poitou. Voltaire was educated by Jesuits at the College Louis-le-Grand (1704-1711), where he learned Latin and Greek; later in life he became fluent in Italian, Spanish and English. By the time he left school, Voltaire had decided he wanted to be a writer, against the wishes of his father, ...

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