Chapter 1
Pangloss teaches metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology and declares that things cannot be otherwise than they are, for all is made for the best end.
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From Candide by Voltaire
Pangloss's relentless optimistic philosophy, parodying Leibnizian metaphysics, serves as the satirical engine of the novel and is repeatedly tested against catastrophe.
Chapter 1
Famous reasoning that noses were made to wear spectacles and legs to wear breeches, lampooning teleological optimism.
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After the Lisbon auto-da-fe, Pangloss still maintains this is the best of all possible worlds despite being hanged.
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