François-Marie Arouet, popularly known as Voltaire, was a writer, philosopher, lawyer and historian of French nationality, born on November 21, 1764. He is considered one of the most important characters in the illustration, a period in history in which highlighted the power of human reason, science and respect for others. Voltaire was a great connoisseur of Latin and Greek as he studied it at the Jesuit college Louis-le-Grand in Paris. In the year 1746 François-Marie Arouet was selected to be part of the French Academy in which he occupied seat number 33.
During the year 1706 François wrote a work which he called the tragedy Amulius and Numitor, of which were discovered years after their creation, some portions that were disclosed in the 19th century. Between 1711 and 1713 he managed to graduate as a lawyer. Parallel to this, he managed to get the position of secretary at the French embassy in the Hague, a job from which he would be fired for reasons of a courtship with the French Catherine Olympe. At the same time of all this he began to write his tragedy Oedipus which was published in the year 1718.
On the occasion of the death of Louis XIV, the Duke of Orleans took charge of the administration and François wrote a criticism against the duke and his daughter, which is why he would be sent to jail for a year in the Bastilles, time that he did not waste, since he dedicated himself to studying literature. After his liberation, he was exiled to Châtenay-Malabry, where he would take the nickname Voltaire.
This character obtained his fame thanks to literary writings, among which his philosophical works can be highlighted. Voltaire did not see opposition between an alienating people and a person who was overwhelmed, raised and defended by Jean-Jaques Rousseau, but rather observed a universal and essential feeling of justice which should be felt in societies.
Voltaire's texts were characterized by the simplicity of the language, avoiding the use of any type of emphasis. An expert in irony, he always used it to protect himself from enemies. In 1778, Voltaire decided to return to Paris, with a special protection and in May of that same year he ended up dying.
