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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Voltaire – “Candide or Optimism”
I felt like “Candide, or optimism” was a look into one man’s struggle with with accepting that evil does exist. In the best of circumstances we’d all like to be like Candide and Dr. Pangloss and believe that everything is … Continue reading
Thoughts on Sor Juana and secular and religious spheres of influence
Sor Juana’s initial interest in the church as a vehicle for intellectual enlightenment, and her final resolution to abstain from this pursuit for the sake of the church, beg the question: can we ever truly commit if our world is … Continue reading
Blind Optimism… How far does it really get us?
While reading Voltaire’s Candide, it amazed me how much optimism one had. In almost seemed impossible that anyone could be that positive throughout all the misfortunes that he had suffered. It intrigued me how Candide kept going for his goal … Continue reading
Blind Optimism
Candide is nothing more than a blind optimist and a fool. He relies on blind faith and the philosophy that “this is the best of all possible worlds”. His passive approach to the atrocities that are constant in his life … Continue reading
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Anything You Can Do
When I reached the part of the old woman’s story in Candide, I couldn’t get the song of “anything you can do I can do better, I can do anything better that you” out of my head. In a way … Continue reading
Candide, By Voltaire Chapters 1-14
I have always imagined Volataire to eb a different, very philosophical writer after hearing about him in various history and english classes whether in High School or even progressing through College. I expected his works to be very abstarct and … Continue reading
Candide, or Optimism’ (Chapters 1-14)
When I first began to read this story I thought it was going to be a love story till it took a turn for the worst. Candide went through so much after … Continue reading
Voltaire’s Cancide, or Optimism Chapters 1-14
Here is yet another satirical work by one of the enlightenment thinkers. Voltaire certainly mocks many notions throughout these chapters, but his focus is certainly on the philosophical teachings by Dr. Pangloss. Pangloss mentions that this is the “best of … Continue reading
Reading A modest Proposal.
When I first started readin, I thought this story is going to be how the small country Ireland has came up with the idea to deal with poverty by controlling the birth rate.However as I was reading I found that … Continue reading
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from Jeremy Villalobos
As an individual of whose family is predominately female, the subject of woman’s rights is one that is of great importance to me. Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Women is a great example of women testing the boundaries … Continue reading