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French Enlightenment Writer, Historian, and Philosopher, Famous for his Wit, and his Criticism of Christianity?especially the Roman Catholic Church?and of Slavery, and an Advocate of Freedom of Speech and of Religion
: A French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his nom de plume M. de Voltaire (/v?l?t??r, vo?l-/; also US: /v??l-/; French: [v?lt???]), he was famous for his wit, and his criticism of Christianity?especially the Roman Catholic Church?and of slavery. Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #15 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Society and Change
“If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?”
Source: "Candide," by Voltaire, Millennium Publications, 2014, originally published 1759. Chapter 6: How the Portuguese made a superb auto-de-fé to prevent any future Earthquakes, and how Candide underwent public flagellation, Page 19.
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