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Commentary on Candide by Voltaire and Irrational Man by William Barrett

2023-10-28 16:16:12

The first project I would like to discuss is a satirical piece written by Candide, a philosopher François Marie Arouet, whose pen name is Voltaire. The hero of Candide adapted to the idea that everything is the best, no matter how bad it is. It talked about a man who fell in love with a woman, and then he experienced many difficulties when traveling with his many colleagues. The church discusses the church through sarcasm and satire It refers to how the church punishes people with heretic ideas and it is understood by the interpretation of the world through science and understanding that supports the separation of ideas from the stated idea It contradicts the goal of.

Voltaire is a French writer of novel Candide, also known as "optimism" (Durant and Durant 724). As a playwright and essayist, Voltaire's Candido is a public opinion that he tried to point out the optimistic theory of Gottfried William von Leipnitz. He uses ironic and exaggerated techniques to emphasize the evil and savage of war and the world when people accept faithfully their destiny. Leibnitz, a German philosopher and mathematician of the Volterre era, proposed the idea that the world in which they lived is "the best world in all possible worlds". Leibniz's system optimism is a philosophical system that is always believed.

Voltaire has partially constructed Candide for entertainment purposes, mainly to satisfy the paradox of Leibniz's optimistic theory. Throughout his legendary process Voltaire juxtaposed the original, unexplored optimism of the character in the story with an exaggerated pessimistic and pessimistic real-world adventure. From terrible war to sickness, incitement, deception, Voltaire did not miss bad things in "the best world". Leibniz thinks our world is a symbol of perfection. And all the evil that happens is to improve and develop our ideal society. He believes that God is perfect as Earth is the concept of God, which must maintain this perfect flaw. But Voltaire further emphasized his sarcasm and chose to start writing with only these places, deliberately to ignore the inevitable evil of "the best world".

The use of satire at Voltaire's Candide Voltaire successfully used satire as a means of conveying his view of life. Among his novel "Kandide" Voltaire satires the philosophy of philosopher Libniz and claims that this is the best among all possible worlds. Novel, eternal optimism, childish role, Candid travels all over the world, but at least there are various experiences to prove that evil exists to the reader. Voltaire's Candide Voltaire masterpiece has been read by many people since most secrets were announced in Geneva and Paris (1759). When it was first published, there were about 20 copies, and most of them were pirated. When Voltaire died (1778), there were already more than 50 people, and it became the best selling in the 18th century. Indeed, since Candide finished writing, the situation in the area has changed. Admiral British will not be shot