Shortly after that tragedy, the French writer Voltaire published his Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne (Poem on the Lisbon Disaster), in which he dismissed the claim that the catastrophe was divine retribution for the sins of the people.
Tak lama setelah tragedi itu, penulis Prancis Voltaire menerbitkan Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne (Puisi tentang Bencana Lisbon), dan di dalamnya ia menampik pendapat bahwa bencana itu adalah hukuman ilahi atas dosa orang - orang.