Human Suffering

Human suffering is a problem that haunted Voltaire. Not only did he have tremendous sympathy for those who suffered, but he also experienced many misfortunes throughout his life. Voltaire recognized different types and causes of suffering and how it affected humans all over the world. In the novel Candide, Voltaire writes about the painful life of a man named Candide. Throughout his travels across the globe, Candide experienced and witnessed human suffering everywhere. He sees many different types of people affected by this problem. Only through education, experience and reflection does Candide realize that human life will always have suffering, and people should work to their best abilities to acquire happiness. Voltaire explored the different sufferings in his novel Candide. Although Voltaire thinks human suffering is inevitable, he also believed there are certain things that can increase or decrease the amount of suffering one must endure throughout their lifetime.

Voltaire had a several opinions about where suffering came from. He thought suffering was inevitable and undiscriminating. “Voltaire rejects the idea that evil can be eliminated” (Gordon-5). Because evil cann

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