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The town of Ferney, where Voltaire lived out the last 20 years of his life, was officially named Ferney-Voltaire in honor of its most famous resident, in 1878. [272] His château is a museum. Voltaire's library is preserved intact in the National Library of Russia at Saint Petersburg.
A letter in May 1732 is the first recorded mention of Voltaire's intent to write a history of the reign of Louis XIV. [3] He stopped and resumed the project multiple times, expressing the fear that he might not live long enough to complete it. [3]
Voltaire (1694–1778). Advocate for freedoms of religion and expression. 1700. Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758). American philosophical theologian.
Castle of Voltaire in Ferney-Voltaire, France. The Château de Voltaire is located in Ferney-Voltaire in France, close to the border with Switzerland and the city of Geneva. It was Voltaire’s home between 1761 and 1778. It was listed as a historical monument in 1958 and acquired by the French State in 1999.
Frederick the Great, the king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786, saw himself as a leader of the Enlightenment and patronized philosophers and scientists at his court in Berlin. Voltaire, who had been imprisoned and maltreated by the French government, was eager to accept Frederick's invitation to live at his palace.
1. “Better is the enemy of good.” 2. “I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.” 3. “Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will ...
In the frontispiece to Voltaire's book on Newton's philosophy, du Châtelet appears as Voltaire's muse, reflecting Newton's heavenly insights down to Voltaire. Du Châtelet may have met Voltaire in her childhood at one of her father's salons; Voltaire himself dates their meeting to 1729, when he returned from his exile in London. However, their ...
A Short History of Les Délices: from the property of Saint-Jean to the Institut et Musée Voltaire. Geneva: La Baconnière/Arts et Bibliothèque de Geneve, 2013. ISBN 9782940462100. Davidson, Ian. Voltaire: A Life. New York: Pegasus Books, 2010, pp. 273–275. Pearson, Roger. Voltaire Almighty: A Life in Pursuit of Freedom.