Gottfried Leibniz

Voltaire’s magnum opus, Candide: All for the Best, also simply known as Candide, utilises the techniques of satire, imagery, symbolism and characterisation to convey some of the perils of the Age of Enlightenment through the thematic exploration of religion, war, optimism and philosophical speculation. Voltaire positions the reader to recognise the insincerity incumbent in organised religion as well as the futility of war at that time. He also positions the reader to comprehend the folly of…

constitutional monarchy and their religious freedom. In 1755 the Earthquake of Lisbon struck. In 1756, the devastating Seven Years War began. Influenced by these catastrophic events, Voltaire came to reject the ideas of German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. One prominent concept of Leibniz’s was that of Theodicy, which attempts to answer the question…

Introduction Daniel I Bernoulli stated that “there is no philosophy which is not found upon knowledge of the phenomena, but to get any profit from this knowledge it is absolutely necessary to be a mathematician”(BrainyQuote). Daniel, a second generation mathematician, learned this valuable lesson, as his father and uncle had before him; mathematics is vital when interpreting the world. While Daniel was succeeded by a laundry list of mathematicians and physics, it is he and the men which preceded…

The most influential ideas in history are found in the writings by the wisest of writers. Voltaire, along with other Enlightenment thinkers such as Montesquieu, were against several ideas brought on to society by the government. During 1740 to 1790, a philosophical movement, known as the Enlightenment, emphasized the use of reason, nature, progress, and individualism. Voltaire targets several Enlightenment tenet in his writings. Candide, one of his most famed works, tells the story of a young…

Von Koch’s Snowflake Curve Investigation Von Koch’s Snowflake is named after the Swedish mathematician, Helge von Koch. He was the one who described the Koch curve in the early 1900s. The Koch curve is a mathematical curve that is continuous, without tangents. In this investigation, we will be looking at the particularities of Von Koch’s snowflake and curve. Including looking at the perimeter and the area of the curve. This investigation is continued by looking at the square curve as well as the…

Charles Dodgson was the real name of the author who wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and the sequel Through the Looking Glass. For his writing he went under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Along with writing he was also an English logician, mathematician, and photographer. He had a lot of siblings; 7 girls and 4 boys were born to his parents. He was the third child born and their oldest son. He also went through a lot of illnesses, one left him deaf in one ear. He had a stutter, but Carroll…

Most notably, the German philosopher Leibniz had espoused his doctrine of Optimism as a response to the problem of evil, where all is for the best in ‘the best of all possible worlds’. Voltaire, however, ridiculed this idea in Candide in response to the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, noting in a letter…

The history of Calculus can be traced back as early as the 5th Century B.C.E. in Ancient Greece. The first major discovery was made by a Greek scholar named Hippasus. Not much is known about this philosopher who studied under Pythagoras; but, he has sometimes been credited with the discovery of irrational numbers. \begin{center} \includegraphics[width = 6 cm]{triangle.png} \end{center} He described his reasoning as: \begin{enumerate} \item Start with an isosceles right triangle with side…

“It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth.” Daniel Bernoulli once said this statement. Not many people know about Daniel Bernoulli. Daniel Bernoulli (He was also known as Daniel Bernovllivs), was a swiss mathematician that furthered the study of calculus and physics along with his family. He was known for his principle (Bernoulli’s Principle), but also did many other things with his time. He helped the field of hydrodynamics, and without knowing it helped…

JOANNA BOTES 843963 WORD COUNT:1802 QUESTION 1: “Because satire often combines anger and humour it can be profoundly disturbing-because it is essentially ironic or sarcastic,it is often misunderstood”.Do you agree?Argue with close reference to events and characters in Oyono’s Houseboy and Eppel’s Absent:The English Teacher. This statement is correct as the writers satirical motive can often be misunderstood by the audience.Both Oyono and Eppel are political satirists and their…