The Garden of Enlightenment A Place Where Knowledge Grows "Theology amuses me. That's where we find the madness of the human spirit in all its plentitude." Voltaire was a true philosophe of the Age of Enlightenment. In turn, he enjoyed putting his views into writing. One of these writings was a dark satirical piece called Candide. Candide is the story of a young man (Candide), who is taught by his professor of "metaphysico-theologo-cosmolo-nigology" (Pangloss), that …
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… in, and both Voltaire and Candide begin to come to realize that your elder does not mean you better, and that the ways of the past are not the ways of the future. In order for the world to grow, the world must change. In order for people to grow, people must change. They must change the way they think, change the way they act, and change what they believe. They must become enlightened.