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(Francois Marie Arouet) Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet)

François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume 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.