One famous philosopher from this period, Voltaire, wrote the novel Candide, in which Enlightenment ideas are represented. ... Throughout the novel Candide, Voltaire utilizes satire, the use of humor to criticize, in order to show what was wrong with society during 18th century Europe. One major target that Voltaire satirizes upon in Candide is the government and the nobility of the period in which the novel was written. ... Another object of ridicule in Candide was the Church. ... In the novel, Pangloss, Candide's tutor, is the main vehicle of satire for Voltaire to make fun of this phil...

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Candide wanders into the next town and gets recruited into the Bulgar army. ... However, Cunégonde's brother becomes angry upon learning of Candide's intentions of marrying his sister and a fight ensues with Candide as the victor. ... Due to Candide's riches, many people betray and steal from him. ... Within the book Candide, Voltaire ridiculed the optimistic philosophers, criticized observations solely based on speculation, questioned the clergy's authority, and described the terrible power of money. Voltaire also tends to resurrect supposedly dead characters and ye...

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His father wanted him to pursue a degree in law, but Voltaire chose to devote his life to writing. Before writing Candide, Voltaire went through a lot in his life that probably inspired his seemingly radical views on life, and the rejection of "Optimism-, the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, which sates that the universe is rational. ... Having experienced the wrath of a chaotic world, Voltaire logically concluded that the universe runs unregulated, and presents his philosophy satirically through Candide. ... Candide's family tree is a bit hazy. ... Some may thing that Voltair...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate