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Voltaire and Rousseau are two of the most famous great French philosophies, however they never shared their greatness, they practically hated each other. Critics of their time, found it hard to even envision the urbane and suave Voltaire and radically democratic Rousseau ever seeing eye to eye on much. However by reading their works I think they share more values than their liked to acknowledge. Voltaire believed through out education and reason man could separate himself from the beast, while Rousseau thought that it was all this that made men “unnatural” and corrupted. That is clearly seen in their writings. Voltaire’s Candide is an example of Voltaire’s view on education. For example his character, Pangloss (who is not a real character since Candide is fiction and characters are based on ideas) was very educated and professed on philosophy of undiluted optimism stating that this is the best of