Talk:Voltaire/Comments

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needs inline citations plange 04:13, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Quotations section is probably too long. Kaldari 07:04, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Is too long and boring need more pages some color

Need to grow more ideas from Voltaire that affected deism

[edit] Factual contradiction-Voltaire articles

I notice there is a factual contradiction on the English version of the Voltaire article and the version francaise. On the English page, it suggests that Voltaire made much profit from the slave trade, although he disapproved of the abuse of slaves.

The French portal states that (my rough translation) "Many think he profited from the slave trade and cite a letter to a slaver in support of this..." "But he was adamantly opposed to slavery..." and discusses citations to support this view.

Did he accept slavery, but argue against maltreatment of slaves? Or did he disapprove of slavery in general?

It would be nice to see these articles corrected and made consistent with each other.

(I am a senior at university, and this is my first time contributing to Wikipedia discussion forums. I apologize for any mistakes or misunderstandings on my part in advance! Thanks!) Katt Muskuna 17:55, 18 March 2007 (UTC)