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Voltaire - The Best of All Possible Worlds

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Discover the life of Voltaire, a man of extremes. From his sickly birth to his role in the Age of Enlightenment, his story is one of constant questioning and battling for free speech.

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20 Comments

@ethanramos4441 3 years ago

“Don’t think money does everything or you going to end up doing everything for money”
Voltaire

@danielglenn915 3 years ago

"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." -Voltaire

@christinegatto7426 3 years ago

I find it interesting that Voltaire is smiling in all of his portraits.

@bluegold1026 3 years ago

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”

Fav quote of Voltaire EVER.

@madelinevanderbunny607 3 years ago

"It is dangerous to be right on matters in which the established authorities are wrong" Voltaire
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@PSquiddy23 3 years ago

"It is dangerous to be right in which the established authorities are wrong." - Voltaire

@jokodihaynes419 3 years ago

"To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.”- voltaire

@Warcat59 3 years ago

"Friendship is more precious than love."-Voltaire. Something I abide by now at age 67.

@Batman_akzo 3 years ago

"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it" - Voltaire

My forever favorite quote in the world.

@chrislittle2366 3 years ago

Glad that he finally got his own videos

@alexanderyacht6483 3 years ago

DeGaulle said in 1968, "You don't arrest Voltaire," in response to Sartre's arrest, but it turns out Voltaire was indeed arrested many times.

@ignitionfrn2223 3 years ago (edited)

2:35 - Chapter 1 - My motto is to the point
5:40 - Chapter 2 - To the point
7:00 - Chapter 3 - Love truth but pardon error
9:35 - Chapter 4 - What are we to think of human reason ?
11:30 - Chapter 5 - In short, she makes me happy
13:30 - Chapter 6 - More is possible than people think
15:10 - Chapter 7 - Let us cultivate our garden
17:50 - Chapter 8 - I die adoring god

@chrislittle2366 3 years ago

Maybe John locke could get his own or Rousseau at some point

@pipboom 3 years ago

Could you do more videos on philosophy/philosophers? I'd love to see some of my hero's covered by you and your writers!

@Absolutelynobody-j67 2 years ago

Voltaire is actually genuinely handsome and hair is just majestic

@chiagoziemikeurulor 3 years ago

I'm glad you're getting active on this channel again💜

@j.dunlop8295 3 years ago

I discovered Voltaire fifty years ago reading Candide, a desperately flippant attitude about life and misfortune! However it's also indirectly critical of leadership and the church! All his works certainly added to the fall of the monarchy!
"I died adoring God!" Not the church!

@Vicky-zr1pb 3 years ago (edited)

I have read ‘The Story of Civilisation’ by Will and Arial Durant, all 11 volumes, 6 times. It is my favourite book series. It really is amazing. Vol. 9 The Age of Voltaire one of the best.

@nunyabidness117 2 years ago

I heard masses were assembled to greet him when he returned to Paris after an exile. He was approached by a priest and told, 'I have been sent by God to receive your confession'. Voltaire's response was, 'Excellent. Your credentials please...'.