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Voltaire
The Complete Works of Voltaire, a chronological series in 205 volumes, was completed by the Voltaire Foundation, more than fifty years after the first volume appeared.
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Denis Diderot
The Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot, a museum focusing on Diderot's contributions to the Enlightenment, was inaugurated in his hometown of Langres on the 300th anniversary of his birth.
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