Paris. The success was overwhelming and Voltaire was only twenty-four. .

             Traveling in the circles of the rich and powerful, Voltaire still continued to flatter and criticize .

             those around him. This criticism eventually sent him back to prison in the Bastille in 1726. After .

             agreeing to move to England, he was released from prison. Upon arriving in England, he was .

             received with open arms by a group of English literati. He became fluent in English after staying .

             in England a few months. All through his life English philosophy and society continued to interest.

             him. After three years, Voltaire was permitted to return to France. Throughout his lifetime any .

             witty writings that attacked the church or the state were credited to Voltaire whether he wrote .

             them or not. He spent most of his life dodging punishment for his writings. .

             In 1759, Candide was published and was looked at as Voltaire's signature work. In this book .

             Voltaire aimed the strongest criticism against philosophy, nobility, the church, and inhumane .

             cruelty. The book also challenged different Enlightenment philosophies and showed that the .

             Enlightenment was far from a monolithic movement. When Voltaire was eighty-three he returned .

             to Paris, but the trip was too much for him and he died in May of 1778. Shortly after his burial at.

             Romilly-on-Seine, the church circulated a mandate prohibiting an honorable burial. The National.

             Assembly ordered that Voltaire's body be entombed at the Pantheon in Paris beside other French.

             greats in 1791. However, his remains were stolen by religious fundamentalists in 1814 and .

             dumped into a pit of quicklime. This type of burial was for individuals who were condemned and.

             hated by the church. .

             "The Enlightenment" was a phrase given to a wide variety of ideas and developments in the.

             fields of philosophy, science, and medicine. One of the main features of the Enlightenment .

             philosophy was faith in the power of reason and rationale which many felt led human beings to a.