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of the Lisbon Hub • Average age of aircrafts 6 to 10 years • Maintenance and engineering activities 8.1.2 Weaknesses • limited coverage of destinations with direct flights allow foreign companies to compete for the traffic that has no direct link from the national airports • high weight of the traffic input from abroad (inbound) attracts foreign companies to increase the frequencies and thus limited the competitive position of national airlines in major international routes • Lisbon Hub…

“Look for the silver lining” and “Look on the brighter side” are both common expressions, which people are often told in difficult situations. This is also a part of the philosophy of optimism, championed by Dr. Pangloss and his ever faithful student Candide, in Voltaire’s classic novel Candide, (Voltaire, 1759). Yet the author of the novel did not subscribe to the philosophy of optimism that his main characters adhered to, in fact he had a great distain for the philosophy of optimism.…

Bastille. To avoid imprisonment for a second time, Voltaire chose to flee to England. There he devoutly studied English society and was particularly impressed by their 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…

24, 1524. He was 55 when he died and he died in Cochin- the result, it has been speculated, from possibly overworking him. Vasco da Gama was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India. The Portuguese nobleman Vasco Da Gama sailed from Lisbon in 1497 on a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East and that was his first voyage. Vasco da Gama' father was a knight and also an explorer. Vasco took three interpreters on the first voyage.Vasco da Gama reached India…

Portuguese, and more young population speak English. The climate is mostly Mediterranean and Ocean. The most famous tourist destinations are Lisbon, which is the capital and largest city of Portugal; Algarve region, the south of Portugal; Porto, the north of Portugal; Madeira and the Azores islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The attractiveness factors of each region are: o Lisbon: river coast and boat cruise, nightlife, city’s attractions, historic neighborhood such as Belem and Sintra, beaches…

In Candide, Voltaire is satirizing optimism but cannot help it shining through in parts of his story, undermining his extreme criticism of Leibniz optimism as portrayed by Pangloss. Candide’s embrace of a determined optimism, despite lampooning it through a series of unfortunate events, is a critique of Voltaire’s own argument. This can be proven by explaining the religious and social critiques of the book with relevance to the Enlightenment and Old Regime. In Candide, the characters must…

Voltaire’s Candide is something that we can look at today and notice how the people that are around Candide fall into a stereotype. The main people that will be looked at is Pangloss, Cunegonde, Paquette, and Martin. Stereotypes are can be both good and bad. Most of the people in Candide however seem to only reflect the bad stereotypes in my opinion. Yet because of some of the things that they have been through can make it very understandable why they are the way they are. Cunegonde is…

Voltaire’s Candide is a satirical novel that strives to critique all that is wrong in 17th, 18th century society through the journeys of Candide, an innocent young man corrupted by his experiences in the real world. In chapters 18-20 of Candide, the idealistic remarks of the old man and the King of Eldorado compared with the pragmatic beliefs of Candide and Martin the Manichean reflect contrasting views on human nature and religious faith. The comments made by the old man and the King of…

The Atlantic slave Trade and the formation of African communities in the Caribbean and Brazil Most countries of the European continent had known slaves early in the formation of their societies. Some reports say that slavery in Europe existed since the late 1400’s, but in a small dimension. During that time, slaves could only be found in family houses, they used to work as house holders, cook for the family and do all the domestic services of the house. After a few years, the Europeans felt the…

carrying over diseases ("The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food and Ideas”). Christopher Columbus’ love for exploring started in May 1476 at the age of 9. He was a crew member on a ship that left the Greek islands and headed for Lisbon. While in Lisbon, he learned mathematics and astronomy. In 1477, he sailed to Iceland and in 1478 he was on a ship that sailed to the island of Madeira. That voyage was meant as a trading mission but unfortunately was unsuccessful ("Christopher…