OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM; OR THE PROBLEM OF EVIL

HE who is inclined to Pessimist opinions; and sets himself to verify his subjective views objectively, and to build up a system of Pessimism, will undoubtedly find a vast amount of material at hand both in nature and history. He need not read Voltaire's vile and coarse work, "Candide, or t...

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Published in:The Contemporary review, 1866-1900 1866-1900, 1871-12, Vol.19, p.775-788
Main Author: Frohschammer, J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:HE who is inclined to Pessimist opinions; and sets himself to verify his subjective views objectively, and to build up a system of Pessimism, will undoubtedly find a vast amount of material at hand both in nature and history. He need not read Voltaire's vile and coarse work, "Candide, or the Best World," in which not only all the sorrows of life, but every sort of vulgarity and vice, is cunningly heaped together and portrayed in the most cynical fashion.
ISSN:0010-7565