He was an eighteenth-century French philosopher-enlightener, poet, novelist, tragedian, satirist, historian, and publicist. He is the author of several classic tragedies, such as: "Oedipus" (1718), "Brutus" (1730), "Caesar" (

He was an eighteenth-century French philosopher-enlightener, poet, novelist, tragedian, satirist, historian, and publicist. He is the author of several classic tragedies, such as: "Oedipus" (1718), "Brutus" (1730), "Caesar" (

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