Voltaire Quotes


What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot of yourselves, without revelation, admit the existence within you of anything but a power unknown to you of feeling and thinking.


Citations

Voltaire. "Soul." A Philosophical Dictionary, translated by William F. Fleming, E. R. DuMont, 1901.

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Voltaire
  • Born: November 21, 1694
  • Died: May 30, 1778
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Writer, Philosopher

François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire (/vɒlˈtɛər, voʊl-/; also US: /vɔːl-/; French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), 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.