... are far from the truth which eventually leads them to wisdom. I believe that Candide is a result of Voltaire's reaction to optimism. He wrote this book to mock Enlightenment thinkers like Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz who believed that since God is perfect, the world he created must be perfect also. Throughout the entire story, Voltaire attacks the claim that "all is for the ... ...
... life to writing. Before writing Candide, Voltaire went through a lot in his life that probably inspired his seemingly radical views on life, and the rejection of "Optimism-, the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, which sates that the universe is rational. Voltaire found it impossible to justify the actions of the universe after witnessing the great earthquake in Lisbon in 1755 that killed ... ...
... excessive at times, he still manages to accomplish a credible story which rationalizes order and ultimately, self-gratification. Perhaps the most significant reflection Voltaire satirizes is the philosophical optimism of Baron Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz, a very popular and sought-after German philosopher. Candide mocks Leibniz's beliefs in the form of Dr. Pangloss's visitation and optimistic belief that "everything is for the best in ... ...
