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Given his notable historical works, Voltaire had a great influence on the world due to his great achievements and simply the way he lived his life. He was widely considered one of France’s greatest enlightenment thinkers and had a busy life in his early years, life after college, and all of his many run ins with the law.
With his beautiful art works, Voltaire had a great effect on the world through his intelligence, wit, and style. He was a brilliant prolific writer and progressive thinker. He produced work in almost every literary form. He was not only a writer, but a philosopher, and historian but he is well known for his connections and work in the theater. Although, the origin of the name Voltaire is unclear, it is a name that …show more content…
He was the youngest youngest of five children but his two oldest brothers died in infancy. When he was only 7 years old, his mother died. Soon after, he became closer to his godfather.
After completing school, Voltaire decided he wanted to become a writer and pursue a career as a poet, against the wishes of his father. His father quickly intervened and sent him to Holland to work for a French ambassador. He got into law school to please his father and began his literary career in secret. He began to show promise as a writer in 1704 while receiving a classical education at the College Louis-le-Grand where he learned to love literature. He wrote in many different genres, excelling at several. His major fell into four categories: poetry, plays, historical works, and philosophical works. All of which moved us. One of Voltaire's best known work was the tragedy play, Oedipus. That of which Voltaire was known for. Many people around the world fell in love with it. It centered in the origin of Rome. Another tragedy play he had written was “Zaire”. From these moments on, he continued to write in tragedies. He was a very important man to the world. Another body of writing also included some notable historical works. “The Age of Louis” (1751) and “Spirit

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