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Bastille; views on capital punishment
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>
His time spent locked in the [[Bastille]] had an effect on his views, and some scholars speculate that it also influenced his taking of a pen name. Voltaire would later write his views on capital punishment: "''Let the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing; a man condemned to public works still serves the country, and is a living lesson.''"<ref>Civil and Ecclesiastical Laws</ref>
==Rousseau==
==Rousseau==