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…instances of seemingly fantastic events to satirize the theory. From stories of rape, mutilation and murder to devastating earthquakes to torture and persecution, seemingly unnecessary natural and moral evils fill this "best of all possible worlds." Pangloss, who…

…the temple at Olympia was subsequently destroyed by earthquake, moving the statue saved it from these disasters. However, it was saved long enough to be destroyed in a fire in 462 AD, which also demolished the palace itself. No copies of the statue have survived…

…New York, Shanghai, and Paris." (Jenson) Yet we see quite graphic shots of the three cities mentioned being demolished. The science in the effect of the impacts is real, with the earth being demolished on impact, as well as the powerful tornado/earthquake…

…governments around the globe. The UN stated last month that the priority for next year will go to plans for combating poverty (Cumming- Bruce). Like the magnitude of the earthquake, the political affects of the tsunami were also unprecedented. The affect on tourism…

…and officials. He used his writing talens to make fun of them or criticize abuses of the time. In the middle of the 18th century, Voltaire turned against the popular philosophy of “optimism” because of a tragic earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal, which killed 30,000…

…The myth of Atlantis, was first presented by a Greek philosopher Plato in his two related dialogues "Timaeus" and "Critias" around 370 BC. According to the myth, Atlantis was destroyed by violent earthquakes and floods, and in a single day and night…

…the injustice that he encountered that caused him to write the novella Candide, for example, the Lisbon earthquake that occurred in 1753 caused to him to feel great outrage at the devastation and unfairness of life. Samuel Beckett on the other hand wrote in the 20th…

…and then back in again the next year; a massive earthquake in 1995 brought Kobe to its knees (a disaster made worse by a government that was slow to react); and to top it off, a millennial cult with doomsday ambitions engineered a poison gas attack on the Tokyo…

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…striking features-- earthquakes and volcanoes. The Japanese islands have about 1500 earthquakes a year. Most of them are minor tremors that cause little damage, but severe earthqaukes occur every few years. Underseaquakes sometimes cause huge, destructive…