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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 #11 on Religious Struggle Quotes >> Religious Belief and Absurdities
“We seek not to despoil the clergy of what the liberality of their followers has given them; we wish them, since most of them secretly laugh at the untruths they teach, to join us in preaching the truth.”
Source: "The Sermon of the Fifty," by Voltaire, translated by Joseph McCabe. Quoted from "A Treatise on Toleration and Other Essays," Prometheus Books, 1994, originally published by 1752. Page 112.
"The Sermon of the Fifty," by Voltaire, translated by Joseph McCabe. Quoted from "A Treatise on Toleration and Other Essays," Prometheus Books, 1994, originally published by 1752.
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