In Candide, Voltaire shows his hated for two anti-Enlightenment views: war and religion. ... Since Pangloss taught Candide, he was a philosopher and one day Candide strolled off from the army. ... A major part of the Enlightenment was science. Through science, philosophers at the time discovered the laws of nature. ... The enlightenment placed a high emphasis on scientists, and this example from Candide shows that the enlightenment thought that a high emphasis on science would create progress. ...

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Candide, a young man educated by the optimistic philosopher Pangloss, believes that he is living in "the best of all possible worlds." ... The most important change that was taking affect was the Enlightenment or also known as the Age of Reason. ... The background of the 18th century European government and churches is what the enlightenment went against. Europe's churches were not able to keep up with pace of the enlightenment. ... The church was not agreeing at all with ideas of the philosophers that were starting the up rise. ...

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Optimism was the prevailing feeling of the time however, and Enlightenment thought was very prevalent. ... Nothing better reflects anti-Enlightenment than Candide and Pangloss' trip to Lisbon. ... Philosophers of the time believed in control over fortunes and in some cases nature itself. ... An Enlightenment writer might not have even had the storm occur at all. ... Through Enlightenment much would change. ...

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Voltaire is a very well known writer and philosopher from 18th Century France. ... Voltaire was very significant to the Age of Enlightenment of the 18th Century, and so he wrote Candide with very much accuracy to the time period, in order to reflect his support for certain Enlightenment ideas. An example of this was Voltaire's presentation of the Enlightenment idea of Optimism, " 'Optimism,' said Cacambo, 'What is that?' ...

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Voltaire, one of the most prominent philosophers of the Enlightenment, deals with the principles of Christianity in the book, Candide. ... Upon leaving Eldorado in search of Cunegonde, Candide meets an aging philosopher named Martin who helps him distrust Pangloss's theory of optimism. ...

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