Johann Wolfgang von Goethe & Voltaire

Did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Voltaire live at the same time?

Yes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Voltaire lived at the same time for 29 years, from 1749 to 1778.^[1][2][3][4]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Voltaire · Born in 1749 · Born in 1694

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1749–1832

Literature

German poet and author of Faust

Voltaire

1694–1778

Philosophy & Thought

Enlightenment writer and philosopher

How Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Voltaire Are Connected

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe met Napoleon in 1808, and the two discussed Voltaire and The Sorrows of Young Werther, which Napoleon had read seven times.^[1]

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