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- | **Doctor Pangloss** is a character in the 1759 satirical novel, //Candide, or Optimism// by Voltaire. He is modeled on philosophers such as Gottfried Leibniz, who defended an optimistic view of the universe. Pangloss insists that this is the "best of all possible worlds," | + | **Doctor Pangloss** is a character in the 1759 satirical novel, //Candide, or Optimism// by Voltaire. He is modeled on philosophers such as Gottfried Leibniz, who defended an optimistic view of the universe. Pangloss insists that this is the "[[https:// |
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Voltaire. 2006 [1759]. Candide, or Optimism. Project Gutenberg. http:// | Voltaire. 2006 [1759]. Candide, or Optimism. Project Gutenberg. http:// | ||
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