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Pessimism in Candide
Title: Pessimism in Candide
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 986 | Pages: 4.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Pessimism in Candide
Candide, or Optimism, was written by François Marie Arouet Voltaire during the French Enlightenment. In this period, intellectuals in France known as the philosophes sought to apply reason to the laws of nature. Candide follows the travels of a young German who has been expelled from his comfortable existence in the castle of the Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh for a romantic encounter he had with the Baron?s pleasing daughter. Although he might not have …showed first 75 words of 986 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 986 total…because God was perfect, including a few poignant jabs at religion, namely the Catholic Church. Voltaire does not forget to include the philosophes, who spend their days using reason to find meaning or happiness in life. Although a philosophe himself, Voltaire might have felt like Candide, who at the end of his tale, forgoes intellectual thought for a simple life in his garden, concluding to Pangloss, ??Tis well said, but we must cultivate our gardens.?
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