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French critics of Christianity

  • VoltaireFrançois-Marie Arouet was born in Paris on the 21st of November 1694. He entered the world as the youngest child of a minor treasury official and a woman…
  • Denis DiderotDenis Diderot was born on the 5th of October 1713 in the city of Langres. His father Didier worked as a cutler and his mother Angélique Vigneron supported…
  • Victor HugoVictor-Marie Hugo was born on the 26th of February 1802 in Besançon, a city in eastern France. His father Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo served as a general…
  • Georges BatailleGeorges Bataille was born on the 10th of September 1897 in Billom, a small town in the Auvergne region. His father Joseph-Aristide worked as a tax collector…