The line “I Disapprove of What You Say…” gets tossed around so casually that many people assume it came straight from Voltaire’s quill. Dig into the record, though, and the story flips. The quote wasn ...

The philosopher Voltaire famously said, 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.' protect with one's life)' is not Voltaire's, but is said to have been ...

A famous Enlightenment era writer and philosopher, Voltaire made a splash with his first play, Oedipe. Wikimedia Commons François-Marie d’Arouet was the kind of precocious teen who always got invited ...

IN his genial progress from battlefield to battlefield of old Shakespearean Wars, Professor Thomas R. Lounsbury comes in his second volume 1 to the scene of that dread conflict once so bitterly waged ...

Matthew Sharpe works for Deakin, and received funding in the past from the ARC for work on the history of the idea of philosophy as a way of life. “Italy had its renaissance, Germany its reformation, ...

Neo-Nazi, not Voltaire, originated quote about 'who rules over you' If Your Time is short In an attack on Dr. Anthony Fauci, U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., tweeted a one-liner that he wrongly claimed ...

The claim: Voltaire said, 'If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize' Voltaire is one of the many historical figures that is often misattributed. A May 20 ...