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.
Peagi pärast tragöödiat avaldas Prantsuse kirjanik Voltaire Lissaboni hävingust poeemi „Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne ”, milles ta lükkas ümber väite, nagu oleks see katastroof olnud Jumala kättemaks inimeste pattude eest.