Voltaire

"Common sense is not so common”.
François-Marie Arouet - "Voltaire" (1694 - 1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state. Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate of several liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day. Passed away on May the 30th.

“Η κοινή λογική δεν είναι και τόσο κοινή”.
(Το αυτονόητο δεν είναι και τόσο διαδεδομένο.)
Φρανσουά Μαρί Αρουέ - "Βολταίρος" (1694-1778), Γάλλος συγγραφέας, ιστορικός και φιλόσοφος, διάσημος για το πνεύμα του, τις επιθέσεις του εις βάρος της Καθολικής Εκκλησίας και την υπεράσπιση της ανεξιθρησκίας, της ελευθερίας του λόγου και του διαχωρισμού εκκλησίας και κράτους. Θεωρείται κεντρική μορφή και ενσάρκωση του Διαφωτισμού του 18ου αιώνα. Υπήρξε επίσης δοκιμιογράφος και κορυφαίος εκπρόσωπος του ντεϊσμού (déisme). Απεβίωσε 30 Μαΐου.