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The Best of All Possible Worlds?

Published August 17, 2018by John Feffer 4 Comments
The Huntington’s 2012 production of Candide (T. Charles Erickson via Flickr)

by John Feffer Candide is the first and most amusing example of the powerlessness of positive thinking. In this 18th century novel by Voltaire, the naïf Candide suffers one misfortunate after another – kidnapping, torture, earthquake. Still he adheres to the philosophy… Continue Reading  

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US Foreign Policy Candide, Donald Trump, enlightenment, illiberalism, John Feffer, liberalism, Pangloss, Steven Pinker, voltaire

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