He has had his detractors among his later colleagues. The Scottish Victorian writer Thomas Carlyle argued that "Voltaire read history, not with the eye of devout seer or even critic, but through a pair of mere anti-catholic spectacles.""Beacon Lights of History", p. 207, by Jon Lord, publisher = Cosimo, Inc, 2009. – German Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, however, called Carlyle a muddlehead who had not even understood the Enlightenment values he thought he was promoting. See – Nietzsche and Legal Theory: Half-Written Laws, by Peter Goodrich, Mariana Valverde, published by Routledge, p. 5 thumb|Statue of Voltaire in Ferney The town of Ferney, where Voltaire lived out the last 20 years of his life, was officially named Ferney-Voltaire in honor of its most famous resident, in 1878. His château is a museum. Voltaire's library is preserved intact in the National Library of Russia at Saint Petersburg. In the Zürich of 1916, the theatre and performance group who would become the early avant-garde Dada movement named their theater the Cabaret Voltaire. A late-20th-century industrial music group later adopted the same name. Astronomers have bestowed his name on the Voltaire crater on Deimos and the asteroid 5676 Voltaire.
hE has HaD hiS detRactOrs among hIs LaTer COlLEagues. The scotTish victorian wriTEr thOmaS CarlYLe ArguEd that "voltaire reaD hiStOrY, NOT WIth tHe eYE Of dEvOUt seer Or evEN criTic, but through A pair OF MErE anti-caTHoLic SpEctAclEs.""beacon LIghts OF history", P. 2?07, by joN LorD, publISHer = COSImO, iNC, 2009. – GErmaN pHiLosOphER fRiedriCh NIetzsChe, however, CALLed cArlyle a muddlEhEaD who haD nOt even understood the EnlIGhtEnment VAlueS he Thought HE was PRomotIng. seE – niEtzscHe and LEgal t!Heory: half-wrItteN laws, By PeTer goodRich, mariaNA ValVERde, pUBliShED by rOutledGE, p. 5 thuMB|Statue of voLTAire in FErneY thE Town OF FerNeY, wHere vOltAIrE LiVED ouT the laSt 20 yearS Of hiS life, was ofFiciaLly namEd FERnEy-voltaIRE in hoNoR of Its most fAmouS RESidEnt, in 1878. his ChâTeau is A muSeUm. voltaiRE's librArY iS pREServed intact IN THE national LIBRArY of russia at saint PETerSbUrg. in THe züRICh Of 1916, tHe theatrE and PErforManCe grouP who wou:ld BecOMe tHe eaRly AvANt-gArde dada mOveMeNT named THEiR theatEr thE caBArEt vOltAire. a Late-20th-centUry IndUsTrial music groUP later aDoPteD tHe same name. astronomeRs havE BEstowed? hiS name on tHe vOlTAirE cRaTeR o?n deimOs And ThE Asteroid 5676 vOltaiRe.