USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Voltaire is remembered and honored in France as a courageous polemicist who indefatigably fought for civil rights-the right to a fair trial and freedom of religion-and who denounced the hypocrisies and injustices of the ancien régime.

Detailed explanation-2: -He mainly argued for religious tolerance and freedom of thought. He campaigned to eradicate priestly and aristocratic-monarchical authority, and supported a constitutional monarchy that protects people’s rights.

Detailed explanation-3: -Voltaire believed above all in the efficacy of reason. He believed social progress could be achieved through reason and that no authority-religious or political or otherwise-should be immune to challenge by reason. He emphasized in his work the importance of tolerance, especially religious tolerance.

Detailed explanation-4: -Voltaire, through his writings (including satires) and conversation, advocated for reason, rejected deism, highlighted the corruption of political, social, and religious systems, argued for secularism, and rallied against inequities in the social system.