Candide, written by Voltaire and published in 1759, is based in the Age of the Enlightenment. In this era of reason, the people abandoned the ideas of faith and resorted to the natural law. Through his work, Voltaire shows the aspects of the Enlightenment rationale by condemning the nobles, the church, and philosophy. Candide portrays the thought of natural law and reason, and although it does not support all of the rationale of that era it …showed first 75 words of 2223 total…

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