Thomas Hobbes (Katie Hollingsworth)

Hello! My name is Thomas Hobbes of Malmsbury, however I'm more commonly known as just Thomas Hobbes. I was born in 1588 in Westport, Wiltshire to Thomas Hobbes Sr. I was born prematurely and it was said that when I was born, as was fear. I have one older brother, Francis Hobbes who is a wealthy merchant, but has no family. I went to school at the University of Oxford where my principal, John Wilkinson had much influence on my beliefs. I graduated in 1608 with much knowledge in scholastic philosophy. I eventually moved to Paris where I studied Physics until I later moved back home and wrote The Elements of Law and Leviathan. Leviathan was a work concerning the structure of legitimate government and society and is seen as one of the first examples of the social contract theory. I have a very strong view on mankind and how humans were born and how they would eventually become. "Where all have reason to fear violent death and where rewarding human cooperation is all but impossible." I also believe that all human are naturally corrupt and evil and that there is no possible way to change this. I believe in a strong absolute monarch and that this is the only way to have a successful government. If the people have any power of any kind, they can overthrow the government because they are evil. I believe that it is not wisdom, but authority that makes a strong government.

Montesquieu (Laura Opishinski)

My name is Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, or better known as Montesquieu, an Enlightenment Thinker. I was born January 18, 1689. My mother died when I was seven, and as I grew older, I went to the Catholic College of Juilly to study. Many events were unfolding during my lifetime; England had become a Constitutional Monarchy, and had joined with Scotland. Five year old King Louis XV took the throne. During my lifetime, I wrote many literary marvels, the first I achieved success with was called "Lettres persanes," which means Persian Letters. I had a large influence on Britain, the British colonies in America, and other European countries, except France, who greatly disliked my works. As I grew older, and studied more, I developed advanced ideas of separation of power, believing that government should be split into three branches, and wrote "Spirit of the Laws," to discuss this theory. I died February 10, 1755.

John Locke (Isaac Pontarelli)

Hello,
My name is John Locke, and I was born on the 29th day of august in the year of our lord 1632. I made my entrance into the world in a Wrington, Sumerset, England. My family were practicing members of the puritan faith, and my father was a country lawyer and had had the honor of serving during the English Civil War.  In 1647 I enrolled in the Westminster School in London, at which I earned the most prestigious honor of Kings Scholar. I graduated from the University of Oxford, were I studied the practice, nature of medicine. After school, I am known mostly for writings. One of the biggest influences on my and my writing has been Shaftsbury. He is the foundation for most of my works pertaining to the role of government. Arguably my most important piece is entitled "Two Treatises of Government". In this book, I have discussed to major principles, the natural rights of man, and the social contract. It was these ideas that would later form the ideas behind the American and French revolutions. Tragically, I was forced to leave my own country (England) after the failed assassination King Charles II and his brother, despite my involvement in the most disagreeable matter. After these terrible series of events, I was forced to take refuge in Holland, were I composed "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding". I returned to England in 1688 after King James II fled the country in fear of the Whigs. After my return, both my essay and Two Treatises were published after my return, along with a letter that addressed tolerance, reasonableness of Christianity, and also education. I stayed connected to the government and the Whigs into my late age, and helped with many government issues. Most regrettably I must say, I passed away on the 28th of October in the year of our lord, 1704.

"All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions." (John Locke)

"We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us." (John Locke)

Thomas Hobbes (Janae Walker)

I was born on April 5, 1588 at Westport in Wiltshire, England. My childhood was vague, I can't even recall the name of my mother. My father, on the other hand, also bore the name Thomas. He was a vicar, or representative, of Charlton and Westport. He had to leave his wife, my brother Edmund, my sister, and I with my uncle Francis, a wealthy merchant, because he had to flee to London after getting in a fight with a clergyman in front of his church. I started my education at Westport church at the age of four. Then I went to Malesbury school then to a private school. I was a fine student. In 1603 I went to Magdalen Hall. The Puritan principal, John Wilkinson, had quite some influence on me. At university I mainly followed my own curriculum, however, Sir James Hussey, my master at Magdalen Hall, recommend me as a tutor. I spent time in several different counties to meet with scientists and to study different forms of government. Then I got into what form of government would be best for England. I have written some books and my most famous is Leviathan and it was written in 1651. This book states that men at naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish and could not be trusted to govern. Ergo, I believe in a absolute monarchy, or a government that gives all power to a king or queen. People, left to themselves would act on their cruel and evil impulses and therefore should not be trusted to run a government. Government was made in order to protect people from their own selfishness. Because people are interested in promoting their self-interest, democracy will never work. All mankind is in a perpetual and restless desire for power that stops only in death.

Voltaire (Katie Allen)

Hello, my name is Voltaire. My real name is François-Marie Arouet. I was born on November 21st, 1694 in Paris, France. My father was Francois Arouet, a lawyer, and my mothers name was Marie Marguerite d'Aumart. When I was younger I attended school at College Louis-le-Grand. There I learned Latin, Greek, and later on, Italian, Spanish, and English. I spent most of my life in Paris and decided after schooling that I wanted to be a writer. I wrote alot of poetry. Later on, my father found out about my writing and disaproved, but still I continued to write. I started to write about my beliefs, about everything going on in France. I believe that we need both power from the people and government. I also believe that humans are born evil and lived my life preaching this.

Voltaire (Garrett Steinberg)

Greetings! My name is François-Marie Arouet, But I'm commonly referred to as Voltaire. I was born on November 21st, 1694 in Paris, France and was the youngest of 5 children. I'm universally claimed to be one of the greatest enlightenment philosophers due to my controversial beliefs and innovative ideas. When I was 10, I began to show promise as a writer and received a classical education at the Collége Louis-le-Grand. I believed heavily in freedom of speech and expression and even if I didn't agree with someone's ideas they still had every god given right to say them. I would speak out and mock my government which got me in quite a bit of trouble. In 1715, I was exiled to Tulle for mocking the regent Orleans. I returned two years later to only be sent to the Bastille prison for libelous poetry. In 1733 I angered the French Government so much with my Letters on the English Nation  that I had to flee to Lorraine. I was granted re-entry many years later in 1778 and the French public recognized me as a literary genius. This was towards the end of my life because I died that year May 30th.

Montesquieu (Kourtney Clements)

My name is Baron de Montesquieu. I was born on the 19th of January in 1689 at La Brede, near Bordeaux. My family was very wealthy and noble. I went to school at the Oratorian College de Juilly. After that, I got my degree in law at the University of Bordeaux in the year 1708. After that, I continued my legal studies in Paris. I inherited my father's land in La Brede when he died five years later, and married Jeanne de Lartigue two years after that in 1715. In 1716, my uncle died and I took his position as the President a Mortier in the Parlement of Bordeaux, which was mainly a judicial and administrative body at the time. For eleven years, I was the president of the criminal division of the Parlement, called the Tournelle. I was also involved in the Academy of Bordeaux, where I discovered new scientific developments. My first famous writing piece was the Persian Letters. This was still while I was involved with Parlement. However, I resigned from that position in the year of 1725. I was elected to be in the Academie Francaise in 1728, but I left to travel around the world shortly after this. When I visited England, I was very fascinated with their political system. Although my eyesight was failing, I began to write my masterpiece called The Spirit of the Laws in 1731. It was very controversial for some people, but it was extremely successful overall. It was an explanation of human laws and social institutions. He talked about how variations in laws and social systems can be adapted to much more easily than people think. This work also discussed my belief in the separation of powers. I strongly stand by the idea of the three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial. My belief in liberty is supported by the fact that they can be best protected by dividing the many functions and powers (three branches). This would create fairness in a nation because each branch would be able to check and balance the other so that none of the branches become too powerful. My idea of the three branches promoted a new idea of government for European nations. In fact, this form of government became the central political system in the United States. My ideas are very beneficial to many people and provided a good balance with the thought of separation of powers.

Mary Wollstonecraft (Robert Durant)

Hello my name is Mary Wollstonecraft (Robert Durant).  I was born April 27, 1759 in Spitalfields, London to Edward John Wollstonecraft and Elizabeth Dixon.  I am the second of seven siblings.  Growing up we had a stable income but my father kept spending it on projects so we were financially unstable and moved a lot during my childhood.  I moved around London with a few jobs during my earlier years then moved to France one month before louis XVI was guillotined.  Once in France I rounded up other British women and we started petitioning for equal rights for women.  In April 1795 I returned  to London for Imlay but was rejected and in May 1795 I tried to commit suicide but Imlay saved me and I tried to repay him by going to Scandanavia but when i returned I realized that our relationship was over so I tried to commit suicide again but again was stopped.  I reconnected with my old friends and William Godwin and I fell in love.  When I was giving birth the procedure went ok but then I later developed an infection and after ten days of agonizing pain I passed away on September 10, 1797.

Thomas Hobbes

My name Thomas Hobbes(Dan Hasan). I was born April 5th 1588 in WestPort Wiltshire, England. I was born prematurely when my mother heard the coming invasion of the Spanish Armada. My mother gave birth to twins myself and fear. My childhood was a blur and didn't even know my mother's name. My father of course was the vicar of both Charleston and WestPort. Then there was uncle Francis, a wealthy man but with no family of his own. At a young age my father had left me in the care of my uncle. After uncle had got involved in a squabble with the clergyman in front of church he was forced to flee England. From the age of four I was educated at WestPort Church. After that I passed to the Malmesbury school and then to a private school kept by a young man named Robert Latimer. I was a graduate of Oxford University. I was a talented pupil, but the man that had the most influence on me was a Puritan named John Wilkinson. My first area of study was an interest in the physical doctrine of motion and physical momentum. After my studies in college I returned to England. In 1640, I had written a short treatise called The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic. It was not published and only circulated among my acquaintances in manuscript form. But my most successful book was the Leviathan. In Leviathan I set out my doctrine of the foundation of states and legitimate governments. I wrote during the civil war and it's main idea is that there needs to be a strong central authority such as a monarch. What's stopping me from killing you right now? The law, the law is what keeps us in order.It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. There needs to be an absolute monarchy because there is no other correct way to rule. Every man and woman is born greedy and selfish. Everyone has a demon inside them, and if you don't believe this your a fool. If you think people help others out of the goodness in their heart your probably so unintelligent you have probably tricked yourself into believing  it's true. Men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.

Mary Wollstonecraft (Emma Schambers)

Hello, I am Mary Wollstonecraft. I was born in Spitalfields, London, on April 27, 1759. My mother died in 1780, and since my dad abused me, I decided to go my own way. In 1784, my friend, Fanny, my sister, Eliza, and I established a school in Newington Green. From my experience here, I wrote Thoughts on the Education of Daughters which was finished in 1787. I became governess for the Kingsborough Family in Ireland when Fanny died in 1785. In 1788, I returned home to London and became a translator and advisor to Joseph Johnson, who was a publisher of radical texts. I then published my most famous piece, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, in 1792. I strongly encouraged educational reform. I believe that women should have the same educational opportunities as men. My other pieces of work include Maria and The Wrongs of Women. As I went along in life, I got pregnant by Captain Gilbert Imlay, an American merchant and adventurer, in 1792. Our daughter was named Fanny, named after my best friend who died. Then again 1797, I got pregnant again with William Godwin, the founder of philosophical anarchism. Our daughter Mary was born, but then ten days later I died due to complications from this childbirth on September 10th. I often wrote about these scandalous years of mine. I hope through my works that I inspired others to want educational reform and to treat women with greater respect.

Voltaire (Hayden Margolis)

        Hello, My name is François-Marie Arouet, but you may know me as Voltaire. I was born on February 20, 1694 in Paris, France. Growing up I went to the school of Lycée Louis-le-Grand, where I learned to speak Latin and Greek. I also became fluent in Spanish, Italian, and English. At a very early age I noticed impurities in our current government and started many controversies. This resulted in many exiles and imprisonments. My father always wanted me to become a lawyer, but I had other plans. I wanted to be a writer most of my life and I pretended to be an assistant of a lawyer while I wrote countless poems. As I rebelled against my father I met a beautiful women named Catherine Olympe Dunoyer who shared many of my beliefs. I fell in love, but my cruel father quickly put an end to that. I tried to combine my writing skills with my philosophical thoughts and put together a novel called Candide. In this book I highlight my new beliefs on a prosperous government. I stated that "It is up to us to cultivate our garden". I had many controversial moments in my life with the French government. During the French Revolution I constantly fought for  civil rights, the right to a fair trial, and freedom of religion. The French government even exiled me for making fun of them and insulting their ways.

John Locke (Tessa Darcy)

Hello, I go by the name of John Locke. I was born on August 29, 1632, in Wrington, Somerset, England. Growing up my father was a country lawyer and military man who in fact served as a captain during the English civil war. Both my parents were puritans, and due to my dads connections to the English government, I was able to receive a superior education. As a boy I attended Westminster school and then Christ Church, and later studied medicine at University of Oxford. I obtained my bachelor's degree in medicine in the year of 1674. Early in my medical studies, I became acquainted with Lord Ashley, who was to become Earl of Shaftsbury. Overtime we evolved into close friends and Shaftsbury eventually persuaded me to move to London in order to become his personal physician. I assisted him in his business and political matters, and after he was made a judge, I became his secretary. At this point in my life, Shaftsbury instilled in me different philosophies and enlightening ideas about ways to better society. I became intrigued and motivated to make a difference and constructed my book Two Treatises of Government. The book displayed my revolutionary ideas concerning the natural rights of man and the social contract. The main idea of it overall was to highlight that we as humans are inherently and naturally good people. I believe that we must form a government that will protect our natural rights, and that if the current government is not pleasing, we obtain the right and duty to alter it.


“Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.” 


“Revolt is the right of the people”

"Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself."

Me!!!

(Died October 28, 1704)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau(J. Qin)

I am Jean-Jacques Rousseau, citizen of Geneva.  I was born on 28 June 1712, in the city of Geneva, to a family of the moyen order. My mother’s death, nine months after my birth, was the first of my misfortunes. My father, who moved away to Nyon to avoid a lawsuit, disowned me, as would my uncle several years later. In 1742, I went to Paris to become a musician and composer. After two years spent serving a post at the French Embassy in Venice, I returned in 1745. During my residence in Paris, I befriended Denis Diderot, contributing numerous articles to his encyclopedia. Thérèse Levasseur, my lover at the time, bore me numerous children, allof which I sent to an orphanage. In 1750 I published the Discourse on the Arts and Sciences, in which I condemned the arts and sciences.  This work won fame and recognition, and it laid much of the philosophical groundwork for my second essay, The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality. Despite this work being longer and more physiologically daring, it did not win the essay contest. Towards the end of I career, I wrote an autobiography of myself, titled Confessions, although this will not be published until after my death.

Human civilization has always been artificial, creating inequality, envy, and unnatural desires. Society corrupts a man, transforming one’s amour de soi into amour-propre. Amour-propre encourages man to compare himself to others, thus creating unwarranted fear and allowing men to take pleasure in the pain or weakness of others. The development of agriculture, metallurgy, private property, and the division of labor and resulting dependency on one another has led to economic inequality. This has made the opinion of others essential to one’s self esteem. The state of nature was a primitive condition without law or morality, which human beings left for the benefits and necessity of cooperation. This is not to say that a civil society plagues humanity, and I do not advocate a return to the state of nature. When sovereignty is in the hands of the people, the general will of the people as a whole guarantees safety from subordination to the will of others, because the people collectively formulate the law.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau(S.Licciardi)

Hello, my name is Jean-Jacques Rousseau. I was born in the independent Calvinist city-state of Geneva on June 28, 1712. I am the son of Isaac Rousseau, a watchmaker, and Suzanne Bernard. Since my mother died a mere nine days after my birth and my father was exiled, I became an apprentice to an engraver and was put in the care of a pastor. When I was sixteen I left the city I called my home and, after trying many different apprenticeships but ultimately failing, I moved to France for two years. I was a Protestant for my whole life but I eventually converted to Roman Catholicism in April 1728. Although later on, I converted back to Protestant in 1754. I loved writing and have published many pieces of literature expresses my opinions and thoughts. For example, in 1749 I entered an essay contest  organized by the Academy of Dijon. The question was whether or not the development of the arts and sciences had improved or corrupted public morals. This question sparked an idea in me and I then realized that humankind is good by nature but is corrupted by society. I entered his Discourse on the Sciences and Arts (known as the First Discourse) in the competition and won first prize with my idea that social development, including of the arts and sciences, is destructive to both virtue and individual moral character. The Discourse was published in 1750 and was the gateway to expressing all my ideas. I used this piece of literature to introduce many theories of mine, especially that all humans are naturally good but corrupted by societies urge to distinction and excellence. Music, writing, and teaching was how I spent most of my life. I loved music throughout my whole life but especially during the years 1752 and 1753. I once again responded to an essay competition from the Academy of Dijon called the Second Discourse. I, unfortunately, did not win a prize this time. In 1762 my next big work appeared, The Social Contract. This describes my belief that the government should have limited controls and the good of the community placed above anyone's individual interests. I often say that man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains. I strongly believe that everyone is born tabula rasa, or with a clean slate. Society has allowed people to become less in touch with their true nature causing corruption and destruction. Freedom is the greatest good. By coming to understand our natural limitations, and rejecting false social expectations we all may be able to find true happiness. 

Mary Wollstonecraft (S. Loomis)

Hello,
My name is Mary Wollstonecraft. I was born on April 27th in 1759 in Spitalfields, London. I have six brothers and sisters, my father, Edward, and my mother, Elizabeth. My father is very violent, and as a result I try to protect my mother as much as possible. I try to fight for many women now a days. They don't get the respect they deserve. Women's rights is now the top priority in my life, and I believe we all should have the same rights as men. In 1792, i wrote Vindication of the Rights of Women. In it, I argue that women should have more of an education. If women were more educated, we could teach children things, and also be able to talk to men intelligently. It is unfair that men are superior intelligently, because we are the same species, and we deserve to get the same treatment as others.

Mary Wollstonecraft later died in 1797 on September tenth. She's known know as one of the beginning feminist Philosophers.

Baron de Montesquieu Introduction

My name is Baron de Montesquieu. On January 19th, 1689 I was born in the town of Bordeaux, France. I was raised within a noble and prosperous family, which sent me to the University of Bordeaux in 1708. When my studies had concluded, I was offered a position in the Parlement of Bordeaux. Graciously, I accepted the position. For the next eleven years, I specialized in the criminal division of Parlement. Also, during this time I contributed to the Academy of Bordeaux, where I presented scientific developments and documents supporting my beliefs. A few documents that I created were the Persian Letters, the Dialogue de Sylla et d'Eucrate, and Le Temple de Gnide. Although, my most successful work was The Spirit of the Laws. This document was my masterpiece. It explains the history of the government and that the best way to divide the government is by splitting it into three branches. These branches include the legislative, executive, and judicial branch. This idea supports the concept of Separation of Powers and it serves as a system of checks and balances. Overall, I believe the the government can protect the liberty of its people by arranging itself into three branches. Therefore, my theory will guarantee a structured, effective government, meaning that the people under the government will be satisfied.

Hello,
My name is Thomas Hobbes (RJ Mathieu). I was born on April 5, 1588. I lived most of my life in Europe, mostly around Paris. I had two brothers. I grew up around Westport, and went to school at their church. I am here to tell you that we would all be dead without laws. What is to stop me from going up to you, any day of any week and killing you? Nothing. That is why laws were inlaced among communities. Humans are evil. We care about nothing but ourselves. Everything we do is a well thought out plan on how to better our own lives. If you believe that you help others out of the kindness of your heart, then you are either uneducated, or so intelligent that you have managed to fool yourself. If you read my book, it will explain to you the true nature of humanity in greater detail. In short, humans are demons. Demons that have been tamed by the lash of law. The fear of consequence and self being is the sole factor protecting use from each other. The world must be put under absolute monarchy. This is the only way in which we can assure ourselves that our own true feelings about each other will not overcome our fear of consequence. Only then can we live soundly.

My name is John Locke. I was on born on the 29th of August in 1632. The place of my birth was a town called Wrington in Somerst, England. My parents were both devote Puritans. My father was a country lawyer, and during the English civil war he was as a captain. I was able to receive a fantastic education because of my father's ties to the government. In 1647 I went to Westminster in London for schooling. When I was there I was honored to be named a King's Scholar, not many people were able to receive such an honor only the most brilliant boys. I then continued my education  at Christ Church, University of Oxford in 1652. There I studied medicine and also became educated in philosophy such as metaphysics. Thanks to all of my schooling I was able to become a philosopher. Now allow me to tell you about my philosophies.

I believe in a blank slate, by this I mean that everybody is born innocent. When we're born we do not have knowledge of anything. This lead me to believe in empiricism. Empiricism is that all human learns are from our senses. There is simple and complex knowledge. Simple knowledge are the core things humans learn from their senses. Complex knowledge is simple knowledge added together to make something complex.

People know me best for writing Two Treatises of Government. In that essay I wrote about separation of power, and that people should form a government to protect their natural rights. If the government fails at providing natural rights to their people the people have the right to overthrow the government.

My name is Jean-Jacques Rousseau.  I was born in 1712 in the Republic of Geneva, and moved to Paris in my adulthood and became a philosophe.  I would identify myself as a writer, musician, and political theorist.  Probably my most famous published work is the Social Contract that I wrote when I was 50.  I won my first prize for my essay A Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts.  In this essay as well as many of my other writings I discuss the intrinsic goodness of man, and the corruption of people by society.  I strongly believe that man is born innocent and good.  It is the evil and cruelty of the world that makes man malicious.  Man was born free, but he is everywhere in chains.  However, it is also my belief that there is hope for a brighter future.  Society can be changed, because it is us who make up society, and we choose who we will be.  Thus, if we work towards the goal of making society benevolent, then that is what society shall teach future man born into this world.

Voltaire (Grace Fitch)

                                                                                                            May 26, 1717

Dear Diary,

           

            You are my one connection to the outside world. You are the one belonging I have, other than a pencil, and sharpener. There will always be the hay, and dusty scraps that they give me for food although the food is merely a way to live. They do not make me happy. The food they give me here at the Bastille is plain and tasteless. It is just enough to give me energy to write, think, and freely speak even when the only one to speak to is I. I had been imprisoned ten days ago on May 16. There is a high chance I may die here. I may even die today, which is why I must try to spread my life experiences with the world from inside my cell. I plan to do that by writing within your pages in hopes that someday it will be read by an outsider.

            I was born on November 21 in the year 1694 in Paris. The name my parents had given me was François- Marie Arouet; I go by Voltaire. I grew up and went to Jesuit College Louis-le-Grand in 1704 to study law. My teachings there had molded my life. The ideas and development of government they had taught me had been corrupt in my mind. They had filled my mind with evil. The government is completely fair. The Catholic Church knows best, therefore we shall keep quiet since our suggestions won’t be as beneficial. We should all trust and agree with the higher class.

            It seems obvious that I completely agree with our society. Since I agree I mind as well just keep silent. That is why I had to speak out. My goal was not to change society, but change the way people act about it. People just sit there ignorant whenever the wonderful and just king decides to raise tariffs to make him richer. The people need to speak up when they disagree. How will we ever advance if we never stand up for ourselves? The government cannot deny us the freedom of speech. We must express ourselves.

            I started to travel to study the world, and spread my wisdom. I had left for Hague with the French ambassador in 1713. There one of my studies there that I focused on was aristocrats. Only aristocrats could rule the government. How wonderful that our way of life is put into such loving hands. All they care about is helping the lower class. They will use everything in their power to make sure the people of France become equalized; they will use taxes in benefit of the lower class so that they make less money and the lower class makes more money.

            I put these ideas in my writings. Those writings had been completely clear and serious. Yet the public still blames me for being satiric. What a ridiculous notion. Anyways I was exiled and put then put in prison for my sarcasm. I was sentenced to eleven months. I will be released in 1718. I have plans to travel some more to other parts of the world like Holland, Belgium and Britain where I will try to learn and study about all subjects.

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                                                                                                                        October 17 1726         

Dear Diary,

            I have again been arrested. I had spoken up against the Chevalier de Rohan. It is my right to speak; I should not be imprisoned for abusing my natural right!!!!!!!

                                                           

                                                                                                                        June 6, 1733

Dear Diary,

I have witnessed many of my books burn in the past few years. Paris and Geneva had tried to ruin me. They had burned most of my works such as Oedipus, Henriade, and many more. They cannot break me. I will fight and I will continue to spread my words although I must flee to stay alive. I have been exiled for the… I seem to have lost count. My mind is wondering off. I believe it was my third exile. This is not the end. I will return to my homeland one day and I will be welcomed back as a hero. They will be encouraged by my works and they will use it to base their society off of one day. I will be thanked one day, and famous enough to be in a history text book.

                                                                                                -Voltaire         

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