(noun.) French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778).

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• She set up an academy, and corresponded with Voltaire. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In many ways Voltaire's _Siècle de Louis XIV_ is still the best and most wholesome account. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• As to his religious notions--why, as Voltaire said, incantations will destroy a flock of sheep if administered with a certain quantity of arsenic. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Till then, neither you nor Voltaire will ever enlighten the world by laughing at it. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Frederick carried culture to the pitch of authorship, and corresponded with and entertained Voltaire, to their mutual exasperation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She read Voltaire, and had Rousseau by heart; talked very lightly about divorce, and most energetically of the rights of women. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• No matter, Voltaire says somewhere, that provided there was a battle, it does not signify when it took place. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The observation of Mr. de Voltaire may be applied, I believe, not only to France, but to all other Roman Catholic countries. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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