Voltaire is a French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment, often attacking injustice and intolerance. His original name was name was Arouet. Young Francois Marie received his education at "Louis-le-Grand," a Jesuit college in Paris where he said he learned nothing but "Latin and the Stupidities." He left school at 17 and soon made friends among the Parisian aristocrats. In 1717, his sharp wit got him into trouble with the authorities. In 1759, Voltaire …
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…everything to their advantage and improve life for themselves with the price of others. For instance people bestow charity because it is considered a good dead that gives them a piece of the ticket to heaven, and it is also very useful to others who need to support themselves in order to survive, and if there was no idea of a God no one would give charity, because it does no good back to them.