Lisbon

desire to pursue one’s happiness as inborn. He reflects this with his overly optimistic title character Candide believing in the goodness in all people to achieve happiness. Voltaire deviates from this thinking after he experiences the catastrophic Lisbon earthquake of 1755 killing approximately 40,000 people, which in turn caused him to abandon his sense of optimism. While Voltaire believes in the existence of God, he also believes in the presence of the devil just like his character Martin who…

On Thursday, June 23, 2016, a referendum was held in the United Kingdom (UK) to determine whether or not the UK was to remain in the European Union (EU). Nearly 30% million people, representing over 70% of the UK’s voting population, voted on the referendum (Hunt and Wheeler). Results were in favor of the UK leaving the EU, although the vote within England was a close 53% to 47% vote. Similarly, 52.5% of votes in Wales called for exiting the EU. The decision to leave the EU has become known as…

Dom João Sexto brought with him the Bragança music library - one of the best in Europe at the time - and quickly ordered musicians from Lisbon and Italy, reorganizing the Royal Chapel, very prestigious for the quality of the songs presented. At that time the first great Brazilian composer, Father Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, and Gabriel Fernandes da Trindade, composer of modinhas and the…

Voltaire is well known for his evocative satirical work, especially his prize piece, Candide. Candide is an immortal piece of work still significant today, that was written to warn the public about the ramifications of rebellious optimism. Candide, who is the main character, is a gullible and trusting man who is exiled from his house. Despite his life being filled with freakish disasters, Candide steadily holds on to his optimism – which proves to be an example to readers. Voltaire pinpoints the…

and through every stage of the process, Africans were mentally and physically abused. The slave trade first began in 1442 when the captains of a Portuguese ship captured twelve Africans off the coast of Africa. The prisoners were brought back to Lisbon to become the slaves of Prince Henry the Navigator (Meltzer). After this first incident, the slave…

cheaper. It is easier to make profit. It opens three domestic flights and one international flight. As our airline operates domestic flight, there will be flights to Milan, Brussels, Frankfurt, Moscow, Helsinki, Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Stockholm, Lisbon, Istanbul, London Gatwick,…

University of Phoenix Material Week 5 Worksheet As you read this week’s required materials, complete this worksheet. This is a multipage assignment; double-check that you completed each page before submitting. Part I: Fill in the Blanks Fill in the blanks to complete the following sentences. Revolutionary France a. Burdened by debt from the Seven Years’ War and French support for the American Revolution, King Louis XVI needed to raise taxes, so he agreed to…

The Europeans were able to increase their influence over the globe in the early modern period in an unprecedented manner. This was due to a combination of factors specific to their geographical and political circumstances. The extent to which Europeans truly influenced the globe is debated by revisionist historians, particularly those from Asian nations, who questioned the standard narrative of superiority as the force behind European domination. However, European nations clearly established…

The Age of Enlightenment was a time where major breakthroughs in the Scientific Revolution had led to a more intellectual endeavor on a public scale in society where, most notably in Western Europe, many individuals are in the pursuit of new knowledge obtained by the use of deductive reasoning as well as new scientific discoveries. A group of these free thinking intellectuals in France were titled the philosphes, people who applied reason to the study of areas of learning such as science,…

2003). For Europe, The Lisbon Strategy of 2000 “aimed to eliminate social exclusion and establish social cohesion” (Dobelniece, et al. 2008: 45). Member states must produce reports on strategies for social inclusion regularly. Social services and welfare ‘given by local governments…