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    subjects that I find support my claim that “Tartuffe” belonged here‚ the Romantic’s aspect of Nature and Emotions. When describing Nature within this article pertaining to the Romantic Era it states that “The Romantics‚ just as they cultivated sensitivity to emotion generally‚ especially cultivated sensitivity to nature” and that “Much of the nature writings of the 19th century has a religious quality to it” yet one finds that during the play ”Tartuffe”‚ Tartuffe (a religious figure)

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    OPTIMS Candide is a novella published in 1759 by Voltaire‚ a French philosopher of the Age of the enlightenment. That period was characterized by abuses of power by the church and wars in Europe. Voltaire once agreed to the theory of Leibniz‚ a German philosopher that stats: “All is for the best.” In other word “it is the best of all possible worlds.” But after the Lisbon earthquake of November 1755 and the disastrous war of seven years between France and Persia‚ Voltaire turned his back

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    Candide Questions 1. Describe three targets of Voltaire’s satires in Candide? Using Candide‚ cite one example for each. In Candide‚ there are three targets: religion‚ optimism and the military. An example for criticism of religion is on page 10‚ “When a brutish sailor struck him roughly and laid him sprawling; but with the violence of the blow he himself tumbled head foremost overboard… Honest James ran to his assistance‚ hauled him up‚ and from the effort he made was precipitated into the sea

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    In our interactive orals today we discussed the philosophical and contextual considerations of Voltaire’s satire novel “Candide”. In our discussion we went over the history of Enlightenment and the two types of enlightened thinking: Humanism and Rationalism. Through the discussion I was able to expand my understanding of Voltaire’s belief in the “power of reason to overcome traditional authority and embrace rational change”. Enlightenment philosophy is the understanding that we can collectively as

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    Voltaire’s Satire‚ Candide Voltaire’s satirical work‚ Candide‚ has many aspects. He attacks the conflicting philosophy of the Enlightenment‚ which was the aristocracy. He also states how unbelievable romantic novels. But‚ Candide is a satire on organized religion. It’s not that Voltaire did not believe in God‚ it’s that he disapproved of organized religion. He believed that people should be able to worship God how they saw fit‚ not by how organized religion instructed them to. The first place

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    World June 6‚ 2013 Moliere’s Tartuffe Moliere’s Portrayal of Religion and Religiosity Moliere’s Tartuffe is about a man named Tartuffe who is a beggar and holy man that was recently taken in by a Christian man named‚ Orgon. Tartuffe has Orgon fooled‚ but the entire rest of Orgon’s family sees Tartuffe as a hypocritical‚ self-righteous con artist. Orgon becomes obsessed with Tartuffe and would rather talk and hear about him than his own sick wife. Even though Moliere rewrote this play twice‚ there

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    Candide in El Dorado

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    unrealistic place to live. For Voltaire this world meant his entire desire and dream about the perfect society. Many critics note that El Dorado is only a huge extravaganza because it consisted of contradictory statements. The meaning of El Dorado is a vision of the perfect society and represents a false paradise impossible to attain or approach by the destructive human nature. El Dorado contrasts with the rest of the world because at the time Candide was written by Voltaire He lived in one important

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    Use Of Satire In Candide

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    Candide a Satire on the Enlightenment - Research Papers ... www.studymode.com › Home › Philosophy‎ Rating: 4.5 - ‎1 review Candide is an outlandishly humorous‚ far-fetched tale by Voltaire satirizing the optimism espoused by the philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. It is the story ... An Analysis of Candide‚ and Voltaire’s Controversial Convictions ... voices.yahoo.com/an-analysis-candide-voltaires-controversial-695221.ht...‎ Dec 13‚ 2007 - One of Voltaire’s premier criticisms in Candide

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    two main assumptions: 1. God is perfect‚ therefore 2. Of all the worlds God could have created‚ he must have made this one perfect‚ the best. Evil had a beneficial value. 2) Alexander Pope (1688-1744) - wrote heavily about belief of optimism Voltaire knew Pope in England (during V’s exile) and admired him until V. decided that optimism was a bunch of rubbish “A little learning is a dangerous thing” 3) Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712- 1778) - Humanity is naturally good but is corupted by the environment

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    VoltaireCandide In Voltaire’s Candide‚ he makes his views on society very clear and obvious. Using satire‚ Voltaire pokes fun—for the lack of a better word—at the views and philosophies of his time. Voltaire uses different characters to represent different ideologies and their reactions to events in the story to represent ways in which their ideologies fail to effectively solve problems; as a satirical strategy‚ Voltaire exaggerates different parties’ reactions and encourages the reader to laugh

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