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Quote of the day by Voltaire: 'Everyone is a creature of the age in which they live. Only few are able to raise themselves above...' - A powerful lesson on how to think freely beyond the time we are born in by the French writer and philosopher

Quote of the day by Voltaire, Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time, examines how strongly society and the thinking of an era can influence individuals. The French Enlightenment writer spent much of his life questioning accepted beliefs and challenging prejudice, superstition and intolerance through his books, plays, essays and public campaigns.