Voltaire wasnt an atheist though "if god did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him" - Voltaire And hed be anti-bbc as he believed blacks were inferior "Whites "are superior to Negroes, just like Negroes are superior to monkeys, and monkeys are superior to oysters." "It is a serious question among them whether they [Africans] are descended from monkeys or whether the monkeys come from them. Our wise men have said that man was created in the image of God. Now here is a lovely image of the Divine Maker: a flat and black nose with little or hardly any intelligence. A time will doubtless come when these animals will know how to cultivate the land well, beautify their houses and gardens, and know the paths of the stars: one needs time for everything." "Their round eyes, squat noses, invariable thick lips, woolly heads, and the measure of their intellects make a prodigious difference between them and other species of men." And Voltaire was a monarchist that supported "Enlightened Despots" in fact, Napoleon read Voltaire and greatly enjoyed his works And isnt Voltaires critiques of the HRE absolutely warranted? He said this statement in 1756. And the hre fell in 1806. 50 years later....
Also why would Britain live rent free in Voltaires head? He lived in exile there and loved the civil liberties... he also liked Locke and Sir Isaac Newton
Voltaire wasnt an atheist though "if god did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him" - Voltaire And hed be anti-bbc as he believed blacks were inferior "Whites "are superior to Negroes, just like Negroes are superior to monkeys, and monkeys are superior to oysters." "It is a serious question among them whether they [Africans] are descended from monkeys or whether the monkeys come from them. Our wise men have said that man was created in the image of God. Now here is a lovely image of the Divine Maker: a flat and black nose with little or hardly any intelligence. A time will doubtless come when these animals will know how to cultivate the land well, beautify their houses and gardens, and know the paths of the stars: one needs time for everything." "Their round eyes, squat noses, invariable thick lips, woolly heads, and the measure of their intellects make a prodigious difference between them and other species of men." And Voltaire was a monarchist that supported "Enlightened Despots" in fact, Napoleon read Voltaire and greatly enjoyed his works And isnt Voltaires critiques of the HRE absolutely warranted? He said this statement in 1756. And the hre fell in 1806. 50 years later....
voltaire was deist though, which is essentially "erm morty theres a god but he doesn't care about *buuuurp* us or whatever"