| Voltaire's Cello | |
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Origin |
Voltaire |
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Type |
Cello |
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Effects |
High work output based upon different or subversive stances |
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Downsides |
Outspoken inability to resist commenting on any issue |
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Activation |
Dissent to authority |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 11 |
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Section |
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Aisle |
231809-5661 |
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Shelf |
98488-6185-468 |
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Date of Collection |
September 28, 1803 |
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Origin[]
Known by his nom de plume M. de Voltaire (21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit, in addition to his criticism of Christianity—especially of the Roman Catholic Church—and of slavery. Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion and separation of church and state.
Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, histories, but also scientific expositions. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and 2,000 books and pamphlets. Voltaire was one of the first authors to become renowned and commercially successful internationally. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties and was at constant risk from the strict censorship laws of the Catholic French monarchy. His best-known work and magnum opus, Candide, is a novella which comments on, criticizes and ridicules many events, thinkers and philosophies of his time, most notably Gottfried Leibniz and his belief that our world is the "best of all possible worlds".
Effects[]
Increases ability to create large amounts of new works whether physical, artistic or social in construct. Many will differ vastly from the standard norms of the mainstream audience. Offering viewpoints that usually refute or deconstruct current sentiments. This constant argumentative fixation leads to involving themselves in any situation even if they have no opinion or stakes in the outcome.