Candide
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In Candide, we are presented with VoltaireÆs satire of Europe during the middle of the 18the century. The most famous French writer of the Enlightenment period, VoltaireÆs work satirizes blind faith and optimism. In Alexander PopeÆs Essay on Man, we see PopeÆs belief that the universe was created and is controlled by an all-powerful and benevolent God. As such, the world is perfect and when evil events occur they are only viewed as ôevilö by human beings because we have a limited capacity to appreciate the ultimate good that such evils are meant to serve. In Candide Voltaire most satirizes this believe in blind faith and optimism in the character of Pangloss and his misguided views on optimism. As Pangloss asserts, ôAll is for the best in this best of all possible worlds,ö (Voltaire 2001).However, we see that PanglossÆ philosophy is quite misguided. When his benefactor Jacques is drowning, Pangloss talks Candide out of rescuing him by providing him with an explanation ôproving that the bay of Lisbon had been formed expressly for Jacques to drown in,ö (Voltaire 2001). We see that PanglossÆ theory is not
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