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By PrestwoodIT

Sat 19 Mar 2022

Published 4 years ago.

Updated 4 months ago.

Voltaire

born 1694

1694-1778

13 Generations Ago

30 Phil, Chapter 26: Voltaire and Modern Journalism
Voltaire was a French Enlightenment philosopher born François-Marie Arouet. He was an advocate of civil liberties and satirized intolerance, and religious dogma in a time one was punished with censorship, jail, banishment, or worse.

Some of my favorite Voltaire quotes translated from French:

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

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Michael Alan Prestwood
Author & Natural Philosopher

Prestwood writes on science-first philosophy, with particular attention to the convergence of disciplines. Drawing on his TST Framework, his work emphasizes rational inquiry grounded in empirical observation while engaging questions at the edges of established knowledge. With TouchstoneTruth positioned as a living touchstone, this work aims to contribute reliable, evolving analysis in an emerging AI era where the credibility of information is increasingly contested.