Edin Hodzic
History 102 073
February 4th, 2016
Candide: Satire through the Eyes of Pangloss
Candide by Voltaire is a novel debunking the ideas that were thought of during the Age of Enlightenment by a variety of philosophers at the time. Within the novel Candide listens to his mentor, Pangloss, who with his positive beliefs believes that “all is for the best in this world.” (Voltaire, 15) Through the usage of Pangloss, Voltaire argues his beliefs that everything that happens is not always for the best.
The Age of Enlightenment was a time of intellectuals that stressed reason and individualism rather than faith and tradition. It was a time of mental development’s, which encouraged scientific thought, and skepticism. One main belief of the individuals was that if people were to come together as one, they could make the world a better place. Voltaire believed that theoretical reason could not be the …show more content…
Voltaire used this case of Pangloss still aggressively pushing his thoughts of the Enlightenment to prove that he is someone that is lost in his own thoughts and ideas. Every character in Candide is stereotypical and would not fit in with anyone in the real world. Pangloss fails to retract and look and the bigger picture of things while making his logical arguments. The characters fail to make their decisions on their own freely; instead they attempt to fit in with the ideas of the enlightenment.
Voltaire did a good job to show an accurate representation of how philosophers of the enlightenment period were seen and portrayed. He used Pangloss for this representation. Satire was used to view the unpleasant experiences through the lens of ridicule, humor, etc. The philosophers of this period had their ideas of the Enlightenment Age brought to be seen through the satire that was found in
History 102 073
February 4th, 2016
Candide: Satire through the Eyes of Pangloss
Candide by Voltaire is a novel debunking the ideas that were thought of during the Age of Enlightenment by a variety of philosophers at the time. Within the novel Candide listens to his mentor, Pangloss, who with his positive beliefs believes that “all is for the best in this world.” (Voltaire, 15) Through the usage of Pangloss, Voltaire argues his beliefs that everything that happens is not always for the best.
The Age of Enlightenment was a time of intellectuals that stressed reason and individualism rather than faith and tradition. It was a time of mental development’s, which encouraged scientific thought, and skepticism. One main belief of the individuals was that if people were to come together as one, they could make the world a better place. Voltaire believed that theoretical reason could not be the …show more content…
Voltaire used this case of Pangloss still aggressively pushing his thoughts of the Enlightenment to prove that he is someone that is lost in his own thoughts and ideas. Every character in Candide is stereotypical and would not fit in with anyone in the real world. Pangloss fails to retract and look and the bigger picture of things while making his logical arguments. The characters fail to make their decisions on their own freely; instead they attempt to fit in with the ideas of the enlightenment.
Voltaire did a good job to show an accurate representation of how philosophers of the enlightenment period were seen and portrayed. He used Pangloss for this representation. Satire was used to view the unpleasant experiences through the lens of ridicule, humor, etc. The philosophers of this period had their ideas of the Enlightenment Age brought to be seen through the satire that was found in