Candide

Candide has been much easier to read and grasp out of all the readings thus far. Pangloss has a very optimistic philosophy on everything basically, which is a big thing that Voltaire pokes at throughout the novel as well as others. It is sarcastic, which I love, but it makes some really good points. "Since the world was created by God, and since the mind of God is the most benevolent and capable mind imaginable, the world must be the best world imaginable" That should be very true. God is perfect He created the world. Shouldn't it be perfect too? Humans perceive evil only because they do not understand the force governing the world. If all humans fully understood God, and that he is the creator, there would be no evil. The world He created would indeed be perfect. 


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