Voltaire and Philosophers of the Enlightenment

Voltaire once said that optimism is the indulgence of insisting that wholly is salutary when we are miserable. with and through this quote, cardinal can assume that Voltaire is more(prenominal) like a graphic person who attacked the school of optimism. Through Candide Voltaire critique the philosophers of the enlightenment. Candide, the hero of the fabrication encounters many difficulties throughout his journey, solely sticks to the teaching of his tutor Pangloss who believes that everything is for the shell. Voltaire portrays Pangloss as an exaggerated caricature of excessively optimistic. While Candide give notice (of) an interesting story, it is more importantly as a banter against optimism and Religion to critique the philosophers of the enlightenment.\nDuring the eld of enlightenment, philosophers believed that reason could be use to explain everything. They believed that people could subscribe to this ball a fall in place to live. This optimistic office is the main target of Voltaires satire that he exemplified through the personage of Pangloss who claims that all is for the trump outin the surpass of all possible worlds. Pangloss philosophy parodies the philosopher Leibniz theory of optimism. According to this theory, since matinee idol is all powerful and all wise he must(prenominal) have create the best of all possible world, and anything that appears to be evil is really lend to the overall good. Voltaire is against such optimism. He does not believe in an unrealistic world where immorality and abuse people readiness face could be condone by reason. According to Voltaire unbowed happiness can however be experience in an unreal world. Voltaire illustrated his non-belief of optimism through the nine-fold disasters that Candide endures after leaving Eldorado. Moreover, Candide loses four-spot of his sheep full of jewels due to innate disasters, and then sees his two stay sheep stolen. Candide says Certainly, if everything g oes well, it is in Eldorado and not in the rest of the world. He adds: �...