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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1980 words (7.92 pages) in the essay titled Candide Translated with an Introduction by John ButtIn a world of bureaucrats, engineers, and producers, Voltaire is the necessary philosopher. While Candide is without a doubt a farcical, humorous, and far-fetched tale, a seriousness lies beneath its satirical veneer. Candide is the story of an innocent young man embarking on a series of adventures during which he discovers much evil in the world. Throughout his journey Candide believes in and adheres to the philosophy of his teacher, Pangloss, that all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. This philosophy was prevalent during Voltaire s day, and Candide is Voltaire s scathing response to what he saw as an absurd belief that for its followers, the Optimists, was an easy way to rationalize evil and suffering. Candide was composed mainly as an attack on Gottfried Leibniz, the main proponent of Optimism. Candide was also written in opposition to Alexander Pope s Essay on Man, which espouses that partial evil is for the greater good. Though he was by no means a pessimist, Voltaire refused to believe that what happens is always for the best. Voltaire s vehement response was triggered in part by two catastrophic events: an earthquake in Lima, Peru, in 1746, and an even more devastating earthquake in Lisbon, Spain, that killed fifty thousand people in 1755. Incensed that the Optimists were comforting the earthquake victims by assuring them that this event had happened for the best, Voltaire wrote Po鋗e sur l... |
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Keywords: candide, voltaire, earthquake victims, gottfried leibniz, devastating earthquake, farcical, optimists, pessimist, incensed, vehement, catastrophic events, alexander pope, pangloss, best of all possible worlds, scathing response, lisbonne, philosophy, evil and suffering, introduction to the poem, john butt