Ironically Candide—a satire on optimism—should make you optimistic
Looking back at Candide’s misfortunes 270 years later. How likely are they to happen today?
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Ironically Candide—a satire on optimism—should make you optimistic
The Problem of Evil in one Infographic
The Problem of Evil in one Infographic
Visual representation of solutions to the Problem of Evil and Theodicy
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The Problem of Evil Simplified: Four approaches to explain human suffering
The Problem of Evil Simplified: Four approaches to explain human suffering
Understand the classic philosophical dilemma that haunted believers for thousands of years
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Candide de Voltaire: Les citations les plus controversées
Candide ou l’Optimisme (1759)
On Admiral Byng: In Britain ‘it is good to kill an admiral from time to time’
In Britain ‘it is good to kill an admiral from time to time’
The tragic story of Admiral John Byng (1704–1757)
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Why Voltaire mocked Canada as ‘a few acres of snow’?
Why Voltaire mocked Canada as ‘a few acres of snow’?
He also called it the land of ‘barbarians, bears and beavers’
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Voltaire’s radical views on race and slavery
Voltaire’s radical views on race and slavery
Understanding Voltaire’s view on race and slavery through the eyes of Candide
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Candide: The shocking passages
Candide: The shocking passages
Condemned by the French government and the Catholic Church: Read the controversial passages from Voltaire’s Candide (1759)
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