Voltaire's Candide Look at the Spanish (Holy) Inquisition

Voltaire once said, "In all religions, Christianity should inspire most tolerance, but so far Christians have not been most tolerant of all men." That's true. Catholics have ten commandments, one of which is "you can not kill." As long as you obey the commandments, you can guarantee a one-way ticket to heaven. But if they allow the Catholic Church and the Pope to kill or punish thousands of innocent people, they have their own belief not to follow the Catholic faith.

Voltaire is the author of the novel Candide, also known as "optimism". The novel "Voltaire" represents a concept of illogical and absurd optimism. In Candide, Voltaire respected the idea of ​​optimism. It was widely used by philosophers during enlightenment. In this story, Candid is a young man experienced a series of career and adventure experiencing adversity and adversity worldwide. During his journey, Candid retained the teachings of his mentor Pangloss.

"Candide or Optimism" translated into romantic Voltaire by enlightenment poetry "Candide" was written in Age of Enlightenment. Voltaire's story was published in "Norton Western Literature Collection". The role of Voltaire Panglos is a philosopher who teaches the Almighty God who created the world. Pangloss said that the world must be of God, because he is the only Holy Creator. Pangolss is also a mentor of Candide, the protagonist of the novel. Honest people are kind, but he felt desperately in his life.

Philosopher of enlightenment, especially Voltaire, wrote an article about the case. Voltaire used an earthquake with "Candide" and his "poetry of Lisbon" ("Lisbon Disaster Poetry"). In "Candide" (1759), Voltaire said, "After three quarters of Lisbon 's cities have been destroyed, and the country' s saints are no more effective to protect the kingdom from complete destruction There is no way to believe that there is no way to entertain people in an automated way (by Portuguese as a "faith action", Catholic Inquisition ritual, usually by burning a pile), slowly Through the fire as it was, the Great Ceremony is a perfect precaution against earthquakes, burning some people. "