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Voltaire’s Arrest and His Days in the Bastille: When Philosophy Breaks Its Chains (1717)
Ahhh, young François-Marie Arouet… The man we later all know as the sharp-witted, brilliant philosopher Voltaire, was born in Paris in 1694. His family provided him with an excellent education, but Voltaire’s intelligence and mischievous spirit made it impossible to confine him to an…
