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    From his clashes with nobility‚ it is easy to see that Voltaire has little regard for nobility‚ and decries their self-importance. In Candide‚ he writes‚ “The Baron was the most powerful lords in Westphalia‚ for his castle had not only a gate‚ but even windows…” (1). He also mocks how the media is slanted to aggrandizing monarchies‚ speaking of how kings are praised for every little act of kindness‚ even if they are doing the right thing

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    Voltaire is well known for his major role in French philosophy and his partaking in writing. Over Voltaire’s life time he was able to accomplish writing over 50 different pieces of literature that includes treatises of politics‚ science‚ and philosophy‚ plays and novels and managed to write several history books topics ranging from the Russian empire to the French Parliament. He is most well known for his attacks on the established catholic church and advocacy of freedom of religion‚ freedom of

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    those who say everything is well are uttering mere stupidities; they should say everything is for the best. Candide lives in the castle of the baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh in Westphalia. Candide is the illegitimate son of the baron’s sister. His mother refused to marry his father because his father’s family tree could only be traced through “seventy-one quarterings.” The castle’s tutor‚ Pangloss‚ teaches “metaphysico-theologo-cosmolo-nigology” and believes that this world is the “best of all possible

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    Voltaire Paper Justin Spicer Voltaire uses many writing techniques‚ which are similar to that of the works of Cervantes‚ Alighieri‚ Rabelais and Moliere. The use of the various styles shows that‚ despite the passing of centuries and the language change‚ certain writing techniques will always be effective. One common literary technique is the author’s use of one or more of his characters as his own voice to speak out the authors own views on certain subjects. For instance‚ in Moliere’s Tartuffe

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    upbringing; (1) however‚ in considering the text for analysis‚ Bhen’s position on religion shows that she found religion very constrictive to society‚ which I will discuss in detail later. François-Marie Arouet who is also known by his nom de plume Voltaire‚ was famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties‚ including freedom of religion‚ freedom of expression‚ free trade and separation of church and state. He was a French Enlightenment writer‚ historian and philosopher‚ and his Book ’_Candide

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    Candide Pangloss and his student Candide maintain that “everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds”. This idea of optimism is a version of the 19th century philosophies of Enlightenment age. Voltaire does not accept that a perfect God has to exist‚ so he can afford to mock the idea that the world must be completely good‚ and he uses satire on this idea throughout the novel. The optimists‚ Pangloss and Candide ‚ suffer and witness a wide variety of horrors-floggings‚ rapes‚ robberies

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    The ending of Candide brings forth a serious debate amongst the novel’s readers of whether the ending is optimistic or pessimistic. There is no definitive answer because it is relative to the individual view on what situational opportunities are available to Candide and his companions on their farm in Turkey. By contrasting Voltaire’s work with itself using the El Dorado paradox from earlier in the novel‚ an important understanding of what a utopian society could look like and how Candide’s farm

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    Candide and Free Will

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    not the notion of free will is valid due to Candide’s peculiar timing of his expression for it. Some readers might think that Voltaire’s novel Candide suggests that belief in free will is absurd. However‚ a close reading of the text suggests that Voltaire does not deny free will altogether. Candide is in complete control of his actions and ideas during times when an agreeable reality poses not to be enough‚ which explores Voltaire’s message that true reality is the ability to identify the deficiency

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    plan‚ and inevitably‚ good for him. Leibniz’s theory of everything already destined to happen‚ that there is no need to worry about anything because it is all destined for good in the future is exploited and made fun of throughout the book‚ showing Voltaire true feeling about said

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    Written in his article entitled‚ “Letters from Voltaire‚ 20 June 1733”‚ Voltaire implores the public not to “clip the wings of our writers so closely...those who‚ allowed a start‚ might become eagles; reasonable liberty permits the mind to siar--slavery makes it creep. (par 5). This is an example of an author who

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