Vem daterade Voltaire?

François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire (, US also ; French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Catholic Church) and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.

Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, histories, and even scientific expositions. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and 2,000 books and pamphlets. Voltaire was one of the first authors to become renowned and commercially successful internationally. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties and was at constant risk from the strict censorship laws of the Catholic French monarchy. His polemics witheringly satirized intolerance and religious dogma, as well as the French institutions of his day. His best-known work and magnum opus, Candide, is a novella that comments on, criticizes, and ridicules many events, thinkers and philosophies of his time, most notably Gottfried Leibniz and his belief that our world is of necessity the "best of all possible worlds".

Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet, Émilie du Châtelet, född 17 december 1706, död 10 september 1749, var en fransk matematiker, fysiker och författare. Hon var välkänd under sin levnadstid, men på grund av sitt långvariga och uppmärksammade kärleksförhållande med den franska upplysningsförfattaren Voltaire var hon länge efteråt sedd som bihang till denna stora tänkare och hennes verk och prestationer skymdes. Under 2000-talet har hennes publikationer och forskning belysts och hon räknas idag som en av de första kvinnliga forskarna.