P.S. I commented on Jamie's
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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I think that Pangloss was right when he said that the earth was the best possible of earths that could have been made by god. In the beginning everything was perfect, but we are not. If it wasn't for humanity everything would happen for the best and everything would be the best. I think that Pangloss is ignorant to the real world or that he's pretending to be ignorant because he doesn't want to deal with reality. If he's not pretending then what the heck? How can he stick to his philosophy after everything that happened? If I was Pangloss and all that happened to me and the people around me I would probably become an atheist. Pangloss is an idiot.
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Tell that to Job.
ReplyDeleteI think that Pangloss's view that the earth was the best possible of earths that could have been made by God can be taken in two ways. One of which being the completely ignorant way you mentioned here. Saying this could very well give Pangloss a false sense of optimism and simply make him ignorant to to what is actually going on. However, the other side of the spectrum is very similar to the ignorant side except for the fact that the optimism is not in denial of what has happened but rather acceptance. From all of the hardships that Pangloss has suffered, he can fully appreciate the lengths of humanity. Knowing that, he could realize that how life is for him is the hand he was dealt and he's going to have to live with it one way or another.
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