Voltaire
noun
François Marie Arouet, 1694–1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist.
Voltairean
-
a word derived from
Voltaire.
Example Sentences
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Chemerinsky, arguably the foremost First Amendment scholar in the country, believes, in the Voltairean tradition, that free speech is the bedrock of a free society.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 25, 2018
Bayle has been hailed as a forerunner of Voltairean scepticism.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by E.M. Huggard
Diderot made, in his ‘Encylopédie,’ the first stand in France against the Voltairean position, and increased opportunities of studying Shakespeare’s works increased the poet’s vogue.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Sir Sidney Lee
It was Voltairean rather than Rabelaisian; and I dislike both.
From The Silent Isle by Arthur Christopher Benson
He cared nothing for history in general, or regarded it, from a Voltairean point of view, as a record of the follies and crimes of mankind.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Sir Leslie Stephen
