Voltaire and the Age of Enlightenment <Tab/>Voltaire was born as Francois Marie Arouet in Paris on November 21, 1694 as the son of a Notary. He was educated by the Jesuits at the College Louis-le-Grand and grew up assumed the pen name "Voltaire" and became a French writer, Philosopher, and one of the leaders of the Enlightenment. <Tab/>Voltaire wrote many letters in his life time, most of …
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…Refuge at the Chateau de Cirey in the independent duchy of Lorraine. <Tab/>I think Voltaire was a great leader and contributor to the Enlightenment because he didn't care what the consequences were. He wrote his beliefs with many others and shared them anyway he could and although he would get forced from a country or imprisoned he still persisted to keep the Enlightenment period going. <Tab/>