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Work #542 · Late

Candide (Candide, ou l'Optimisme)

Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)
1759 · French
Philosophical-satirical novel · French Enlightenment satire

Voltaire's 1759 foundational philosophical novel — biting satire of Leibnizian optimism

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Attribute Candide (Candide, ou l'Optimisme) (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method —
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

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Time

Candide (Candide, ou l'Optimisme)

The biographical-historical time of Candide's journey.

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Space

Candide (Candide, ou l'Optimisme)

The global geographic space of Europe, Americas, Levant.

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Matter

Candide (Candide, ou l'Optimisme)

The embodied human encountering historical catastrophes.

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Observer

Candide (Candide, ou l'Optimisme)

Candide as innocent witness of disaster.

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Energy

Candide (Candide, ou l'Optimisme)

Energies of historical violence.

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Information

Candide (Candide, ou l'Optimisme)

Foundational philosophical-satirical-novel framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Candide (Candide, ou l'Optimisme)

Voltaire's satire of Leibnizian optimism prompted continuing theodicy debate.