Satire of Philosophy In Voltaire's Candide

In the novel Candide Voltaire chooses to satirize s invariablyal aspects of his society in regulate to point out the flaws in much of the philosophy which was universal throughout The Enlightenment. One way in which Voltaire accomplishes this is through his example of Pangloss, who represents G.W. von Liebniz and the philosophy of optimism, as a constantly habitless and unintellectual character, and through his use of Panglosss foil Martin, who despite being deceptively more convincing than Pangloss, is just as ignorant to the whole shebang of the area around him. Voltaire furthers his comment of the philosophers and their ideas through Candides growth as a character which concludes with him rejecting both the philosophy of Pangloss and Martin, and instead accept life as it is. Finally, Voltaire attempts to convey his belief of philosophy as a time wasting pursuit through his use of philosophical speculation at the most inopportune propagation throughout the novel and through the irony of the storys ending. With the combination of these threesome techniques Voltaire weaves together his ridiculous satire and creates a successful reprimand of Enlightenment philosophers, and proves his point that philosophy, while an interesting pastime, does not action any meaningful end and serves only to distract spate from truly useful pursuits, such as hard work.

Voltaire begins his criticism of philosophy right as the story starts, by congress the reader that Pangloss is a teacher of metaphysico-theologo-cosmolo-nigology. By attaching such a ridiculous name to Pangloss belief, Voltaire practically discredits Pangloss before he ever even speaks. Pangloss is used as a representation of the optimists of the Enlightenment, and more specifically G.W. von Leibniz who originated the idea that this world was the best of all worlds (Voltaire 10). He is also somewhat naive and believes that he could make the world a better place...

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