“I am already convinced that, since I do not know who I am, I cannot know who made me. My ignorance shocks me every moment and my only consolation is to think that I do not need to know whether the one who made me is in space, as long as I do not do anything against the conscience he gave me. Which system, then, should I adopt, of all the systems that man has made for the divine?”
The depth of his thought, his genuine curiosity and his unique penetration prompt Voltaire to put his own asterisk in the history of world philosophy, with this delightful essay that condenses his entire cosmological view.
A point of reference for the European Enlightenment and the French Revolution, Voltaire (1694-1778) remains the eternal symbol of right reason against all dogmatism and prejudice. He experimented with every known literary genre and subgenre while his works are distinguished by their incredible breadth of ideas, deceptively simple writing style and satirical spirit.
