Candide
Date Submitted: 12/07/2003 09:15:41
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 4 pages (1052 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 4 pages (1052 words)
In Candide, Voltaire sought to point out the flaws of Gottfried William von Leibniz's theory of optimism and the hardships brought on by the inaction toward the evils of the world. Voltaire's use of satire, and its techniques of exaggeration and contrast highlight the evil and brutality of war and the world in general when men are meekly accepting their fate. Leibniz, a German philosopher and mathematician of Voltaire's time, developed the idea that the …
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