| − | Voltaire's influence surpassed him in death: One of his sayings, "To Philosophy!", was nailed onto one of the atheistic Temple of Reasons during the French Revolution. In addition, Charles de Gaulle, when pardoning left-wing activist and philosopher [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] during the May 1968 riots, cited Voltaire as his reason, saying "One does not arrest Voltaire." (which is false, as Voltaire had in fact been arrested and spent nearly a year at the Bastille,<ref>[http://www.thedivineconspiracy.org/Z5260P.pdf Excerpt from Paul Johnson's ''Intellectuals''] on thedivineconspiracy.org</ref> and in fact his pen-name "Voltaire" had originated from one of his prison sentences.<ref>http://catholicism.org/louis-ix-king-crusader-and-saint.html</ref>) In addition, the website voltairenet.org was named after Voltaire. | + | Voltaire's influence surpassed him in death: One of his sayings, "To Philosophy!", was nailed onto one of the atheistic Temple of Reasons during the French Revolution.<ref>Kennedy, Emmet (1989). A Cultural History of the French Revolution. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-04426-7. p. 343</ref> In addition, Charles de Gaulle, when pardoning left-wing activist and philosopher [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] during the May 1968 riots, cited Voltaire as his reason, saying "One does not arrest Voltaire." (which is false, as Voltaire had in fact been arrested and spent nearly a year at the Bastille,<ref>[http://www.thedivineconspiracy.org/Z5260P.pdf Excerpt from Paul Johnson's ''Intellectuals''] on thedivineconspiracy.org</ref> and in fact his pen-name "Voltaire" had originated from one of his prison sentences.<ref>http://catholicism.org/louis-ix-king-crusader-and-saint.html</ref>) In addition, the website voltairenet.org was named after Voltaire. |