Enlightenment was a new view of investigation that tried to improve the conditions of humanity

by applying rational thought to natural happenings. Voltaire depicted these ideas and his personal

thoughts on the Enlightenment within the pages of his most famous novel Candide. Candide is

the story of a man who lives life under all possible conditions and learns that not everything is the

best of all possible worlds as he was once told. Candide's teacher, Pangloss, stood firm that

everything that happened was for the best of all worlds. The Christian church was against the

Enlightenment and therefore Voltaire, along with other "philosophes" of the Enlightenment, were

against the church because of its beliefs. Unlike the European beliefs, the people of Eldorado had

The author of Candide and supporter of the Enlightenment was Francois Marie Arouet, or

more commonly known as Voltaire. Francois was born to a middle class family in Paris on

November 21, 1694. During this time period, the king of France was Louis the XIV and most of

Candide to experiment herself. While "experimenting", the Baron catches Lady Cunegonde and

believe in the power of reason to overcome contemporary social conditions.

showed this pessimism. This book was also heavily distinguished with the primary concerns of

arrangements to go and get Cunegonde. She was staying with the Prince of Transylvania as a

Candide manages to escape and ends up in Holland. In Holland Candide expects charity but ends

Lisbon, it couldn't be anywhere else. For it's impossible for things not to be where they are. For

"The Enlightenment" was a phrase given to a wide variety of ideas and developments in the

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