HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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Exiled twice, against censorship and the Catholic Church
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Denis Diderot
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Montesquieu
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Jack Taber
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Voltaire
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Even when Voltaire tried to behave and follow censorship, his writings were considered to be too dangerous to be allowed to spread through France. The monarchy feared the power of written word so deeply that they used any means possible to keep it under lock and key.
Detailed explanation-2: -To avoid censorship, philosophes and writers like Montesquieu and Voltaire sometimes disguised their ideas in works of fiction.
Detailed explanation-3: -The French writer Voltaire (1694–1778), born Francois-Marie Arouet (Voltaire was an assumed name), was imprisoned twice during his lifetime; he was released the second time on the condition that he leave the country.
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