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Held Rousseau's work in low regard
He also indicated some support for what he called "enlightened despots", which ultimately paved way to the "smarter than thou" attitude of various leftists.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100523081023/http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mmoriarty/2010/05/19/teachable-tyranny/</ref>
He also indicated some support for what he called "enlightened despots", which ultimately paved way to the "smarter than thou" attitude of various leftists.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100523081023/http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mmoriarty/2010/05/19/teachable-tyranny/</ref>
==Rousseau==
[[Jean Jacques Rousseau]], a contemporary of Voltaire, cited him as a role model in his intellectual views. Rousseau initially wrote Voltaire, which led to a series of letters. However, once introduced to Rousseau's works and views, Voltaire found disagreement with his beliefs. Voltaire is known to have hold an unpleasant opinion about Rousseau's works such as ''Discourse on Inequality'', ''Julie'', and ''Emile''.
==Voltaire's decline and death==
==Voltaire's decline and death==