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Saturday 12 November 2016

Philosophy of Candide by Voltaire

In Voltaires Candide we the readers decipher a young naïve man on a sequence of adventures and travels. Candide the protagonist struggles by means of his travels to reunite with his love Cuegonde. With the advocate of his teacher, an overly optimistic Dr. Panglosss who has this blemish philosophical idea of the outperform of all possible creations and opposite characters Candide lento realizes through his numberless traumatic encounters that those philosophies Pangloss lived by period and time again didnt benefit the characters. The fable slowly began to suggest that philosophical guess naturalize about the world is useless. Candide states we must(prenominal) cultivate our garden suggesting that utilize practical moderatenesss and hard work ar better shipway of making sense of the world than philosophical system.\nIn the beginning of the novel we see the importance of philosophy in the fields of guinea pig for the people especially Pangloss. Candide lives in the c astle of the Baron who was peerless of the most powerful lords in Westphalia and we are world-class introduced to Pangloss who Voltaire describes as an instructor of metaphysico-theologico-cosmolo-nigology. Pangloss says It is clear, said he, that things cannot be otherwise than they are, for since everything is made to function an endConsequently, those who say everything is well are uttering mere stupidities; they should say everything is for the trump out (pg1-2). This meaning that everything happens for a reason and the events good or pitiful were meant to happen for a proper(postnominal) ending.\nAs the story moves along and Candide gets kicked out of the Barons home for kissing his young woman Cunegonde, Candide faced many unfortunate person events and met several different people. aft(prenominal) his displacement he comes in contact with two Bulgarian soldiers and their King. This encounter was one of the first signs that suggest the philosophical view created some t ype of ignorance. Candide was captured and pressure to choose his death, wh...

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