“I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” (Lowers, p.6) In a way this quote by Voltaire describes the way he lived his life. He was a freethinker who believed that everybody should be able to say and write what he or she wanted. He was the most controversial writer during the time of the Enlightenment. He believed that he should …showed first 75 words of 1641 total…

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