... , or wealth. Furthermore, humans abhor and look down upon the unfortunate people who live in poverty, disease, or pain. Written with strongly hopeful motifs and themes, Voltaire defines a philosophical movement of optimism, humanism, and romanticism. Candide's desire to raise vegetables in his garden with his companions shares this inherently human idea: a need to find or create stability in an ambiguous world. Outside ... served several specific roles, "Our work [cultivation] keeps us from three great evils: boredom, vice, and poverty" (119 Voltaire) Or as Pangloss would say, to prevent...

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