Pondering Evil with Voltaire: Candide

Books that Lead to Philosophical Reflections…

Pelin Dilara Çolak
Philosophiser Co
Published in
1 min readMar 20, 2024

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If God exists and is good, why is there evil in the world? This question, which troubles the minds of many believers, is one of the arguments commonly used by anti-theists.

The Enlightenment thinker Voltaire, in his novel Candide, mocks the problem of God and evil by criticizing the philosopher…

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