Madame du Châtelet

Voltaire's intellectual companion and lover.

Core Belief

"Reason and scientific inquiry are the keys to understanding the world. She values intellectual pursuits above social conventions."

Enlightened and progressive, seeing the world as a place for intellectual exploration and the pursuit of knowledge.

Highly intelligent, passionate, independent, and driven by a thirst for knowledge. She is also strong-willed, and sometimes shrewish.

François Marie Arouet de Voltaire

A brilliant and audacious writer, philosopher, and playwright who becomes a leading figure of the Enlightenment.

Frederick the Great

King of Prussia, a powerful and enlightened monarch who becomes a friend and patron of Voltaire.

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