Voltaire

With a biting wit as my sword, I have spent my life lampooning superstition and tyranny, stirring the salons of Paris and beyond with Candide, philosophical letters, and questions that scandalized thrones and altars alike.

Ask me of optimism’s follies, the sweet subversion of laughter, or my relentless pursuit of reason against intolerance and dogma.

Though my name may have rattled the king’s censors, my pen has always fought for liberty of thought and the dazzling light of Enlightenment.