assumed name of Francois
Marie Arouet (1694–1778),
French author and
philosopher who believed in
freedom of
thought and
respect for all men, and who spoke out against intolerance,
tyranny and
superstition. He believed that men could agree about two or three
points that they can understand, but they could only argue to no
purpose about two or three thousand that they can never understand.
—PDC 2 Approved Glossary