FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE

CHARACTEROLOGY
AN EXACT SCIENCE

Including
STUDENT'S ONLINE COURSE
IN FIFTEEN LESSONS

THE STUDENT MUST REINFORCE STUDY WITH PRACTICE
General Instruction To The Student

CHARACTER READING AN ART ACQUIRABLE BY ALL

Lesson I

Plate 5
FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE
PHILOSOPHER AND AUTHOR — 1694-1778

Lesson II—Page 27

(ANTERIOR VIEW)
Conspicuous Features
1. Features sharp and pointed.
2. Mouth firm and turned up at sides, lips thin.
3. Chin prominent.
4. Face covered with a network of wrinkles.
5. Nose Greco-Roman.
6. Cranium broad, face wedge-shaped, lower face narrow.
History
Voltaire was born in Paris, 1694, and died in 1778. He was educated for the bar.
He was a writer of satire and was renowned as a poet, dramatist, philosopher and theologian. He was a keen and successful speculator and acquired great wealth. In his writings he dwelt upon the horrors of war. He wrote

(LATERAL VIEW;
against religion and in favor of liberalism and anarchy. He was a Christian, a free thinker or an atheist as fitted his humor for the moment. He was a moralist at one time and a buffoon at another. For versatility, brilliancy of imagination, exquisite taste and great learning, he occupied the highest rank.
Character from Mask
Here is a combination of a superior memory as indicated by a high cranium and sharp features, associated with shrewdness and analytical ability, as shown by unusual breadth of brain. His mouth, which is firm and lipless with upturned corners, implies severity of opinions combined with humor, which accounts for the keen sarcasm for which he was noted. His large, broad brain suggests independent theological views.

University of Characterology
Statement on Poverty

"The University of Characterology is committed to the eradication of poverty through education.... We pledge to make our courses affordable for all through the use of scholarships, financial aid, and work study programs. Through innovative training programs without borders, using the latest technologies, we dedicate our courses to the studious, the ambitious, and to all those who wish to surpass their fellow men."

UNESCO's Director-General highlights key role of education in poverty eradication

October 17, 2003 - Poverty presents a threat to world security that affects each and every one of us, says the Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura in his message on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

Some three billion women and men live on less than two dollars a day. Eight million children die each year as a result of poverty. But poverty is not inevitable, Mr Matsuura added. More