Voltaire’s Problem of Evil: Candide, God and the Rejection of Optimism

Is this really the best of all possible worlds?

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Voltaire and Candide

The 18th-century philosopher, François-Marie Arouet, who would later acquire the name, Voltaire, is often lauded as a patriarch of The Enlightenment. Born in 1694, Voltaire’s masterful command of satire was…