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WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Who inspired the first amendment to the Constitution:freedom of speech, press, and religion?
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Vesalius
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Locke
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Voltaire
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Beccaria
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -François-Marie Arouet, known to history as Voltaire, died on May 30th, 1778. He was a major figure in the Enlightenment, a writer, historian and philosopher, renowned for his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and the separation of church and state.
Detailed explanation-2: -Voltaire championed freedom of thought He pleaded for a socially involved type of literature. Meanwhile, he rejected everything irrational and incomprehensible and championed freedom of thought. His rallying cry was “écrasez l’infâme” (“let us crush the evil thing”), referring to religious superstition.
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