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This chapter focuses on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's letter to Voltaire on August 18, 1756. Rousseau's friend Duclos had sent him copies of Voltaire's
Poem on the Disaster of Lisbon, or Examination of This Axiom: “All is Good,”
as well as the
Poem on Natural Law
. In the first, Voltaire had argued that the Lisbon earthquake of November 1, 1755, had proven that there was no divine providence. In his letter, Rousseau expresses his complaints against Voltaire's
Poem on the Lisbon Disaster
. He claims that the poem has sharpened his pain, shaken his hope, and reduced him to despair. Rousseau then talks about optimism and the consolation it brings; the depiction of human miseries; the source of moral evil; and the existence of God.
Title: Voltaire
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This chapter focuses on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's letter to Voltaire on August 18, 1756.
Rousseau's friend Duclos had sent him copies of Voltaire's
Poem on the Disaster of Lisbon, or Examination of This Axiom: “All is Good,”
as well as the
Poem on Natural Law
.
In the first, Voltaire had argued that the Lisbon earthquake of November 1, 1755, had proven that there was no divine providence.
In his letter, Rousseau expresses his complaints against Voltaire's
Poem on the Lisbon Disaster
.
He claims that the poem has sharpened his pain, shaken his hope, and reduced him to despair.
Rousseau then talks about optimism and the consolation it brings; the depiction of human miseries; the source of moral evil; and the existence of God.
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