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What do you think about Voltaire?

>> No.9499260

Kind of spelled like Voltron

>> No.9499263

Candide is pretty funny.

>> No.9499264

>>9499259
from what I gather he was a smug, cheeky kunt

>> No.9499267

>>9499259
Clown

>> No.9499272

The best I can say is that he's amusing.

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9499275

jus a pseudonym real name was francois marie arouet was his real name and he was funny. rumor has it he cured himself of small pox by drinin fucktons of lemonade

>> No.9499286

>>9499259
Original shitposter.

>> No.9499291

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>> No.9499298

>>9499259
fookin rekt every intellectual figure in history cause his wit was unmatched

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9499331

>>9499291
DELET

>> No.9499336

>>9499259
a good journalist severely overrated by secular circlejerks
only illiterate people can think that the author of candide was a philosopher

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9499356

>>9499331
I still think this meme is dumb because you can put meme arrows in front of literally anything, including my post

It's just kind of low effort, I would have expected better memes from /his/.

>United
>Kingdom
>where's muh king and why are they so disunited

>Chinese
>People's
>Republic
>

You can do better.

>> No.9499368

>>9499356
It's a /gsg/ meme

>> No.9499739
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>>9499336

Its cute when you try and sound like you know what you're talking about.

KYS

>> No.9499829

>>9499259
Mock on, Mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau;
Mock on, Mock on, 'tis all in vain.
You throw the sand against the wind,
And the wind blows it back again.

>> No.9499852

>>9499336
Candide is a satirical masterpiece. Please take your garbage opinion elsewhere. Voltaire was a very intelligent guy who was an important part of the enlightenment.

>> No.9499869

>>9499852
>Candide is a satirical masterpiece
Please take your garbage opinion elsewhere

>> No.9499873

>>9499869
If you think the opinion of nearly every literary scholar and critic is garbage, then I suppose so

>> No.9500027

>>9499873
Lol

>> No.9500126

>>9499259
Voltaire is a ton of fun to read yet still with meaning and purpose.

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9500131

Did Voltaire wear fedora?

>> No.9500209

The amount of humor Candide took me by surprise. fantastic book

>> No.9500388

>>9500131
he was a deist

>> No.9500394

>>9499259

A trifling fag.
He did fuck his niece though so that's kinda cool.