During the magnificent Enlightenment Movement in France, in order to avoid persecution by feudal autocracy, a thinker published anti-feudal works under more than a hundred pseudonyms. Among them,"Voltaire" is the most familiar pseudonym.

Voltaire, whose real name was Franc ̧ ois Marie Arouet, was born in 1694 to a family of notaries in Paris. He was gifted and intelligent, and loved literature from an early age. After graduating from high school, he was forced by his father to attend a law school, but he aspired to become a writer, and later became an unemployed writer. In 1717, he was imprisoned in the Bastille for 11 months for writing satirical allusions to the lewd life of the court. While in prison, he wrote the tragedy Oedipus the King for the first time under the pseudonym "Voltaire". After his release from prison, the performance of the play made him famous. He also won the title of "Best Poet of France" with his epic "League".

In 1726, Voltaire was again imprisoned on false charges and expelled from France after his release. He went to England to investigate the political system of the constitutional monarchy, and to study in depth the philosophical works of Locke and the scientific achievements of Newton. He formed a political argument against feudal despotism and a materialist philosophical view of Deism. Three years later, he returned to Paris and actively carried out Enlightenment propaganda. He wrote the historical drama "Brut", which praised the democratic republic, and the tragedy "Chayle", which opposed religious fanaticism. In 1734, his first famous philosophical work, "Philosophical Correspondence", was published, which for the first time systematically introduced the French people to English philosophy, literature, political theory and political conditions. As soon as the book was published, it was immediately banned by the authorities and burned in public, and Voltaire was forced to leave Paris. Since then, Voltaire has carried out various creative activities and achieved fruitful results in the fields of philosophy, science and literature. He published the famous historical work "The Age of Louis XIV", which systematically discusses the political claims on the implementation of the enlightened monarchy. He also wrote immortal masterpieces such as the philosophical novels "The Honest Man" and "The Naive Man".

As the Enlightenment deepened further, Voltaire's popularity grew. In February 1778, the 84-year-old Enlightenment master returned to Paris after a long absence, and the public cheered him far more than the formal courtesy of the emperor. This was the culmination of his career and honor. On May 30 of the same year, {sys: (year (now) -1778) } years ago, Voltaire died of illness.

The French Enlightenment in the eighteenth century was a glorious era in human history. Among the many thinkers of the time, Voltaire was recognized as a leader and teacher. He was learned, talented, and rich in writing. He made outstanding contributions in the fields of drama, poetry, fiction, political theory, history, and philosophy. He fought against despotism and feudal privilege throughout his life, and pursued liberal equality and bourgeois constitutional monarchy. Voltaire influenced an entire generation with his ideas that enlightened the minds of the people.