UCSC French Revolution and the Enlightenment Discussion

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1. Passage:All events are linked together in the best of possible worlds; for, after all, if you had not been driven from a fine castle by being kicked in the backside for love of Miss Cunégonde, if you hadn’t been sent before the Inquisition, if you hadn’t traveled across America on foot, if you hadn’t given a good sword thrust to the baron, if you hadn’t lost all your sheep from the good land of Eldorado, you wouldn’t be sitting here eating candied citron and pistachios. –That is very well put, said […], but we must cultivate our garden.” (From Voltaire’s Candide)Question: How is the passage relevant to the Enlightenment? 2. Passage:”But one does not need education or encouragement to cherish a dream of freedom. At their midnight celebrations of Voodoo, their African cult, they danced and sang, usually this favorite song: […] ‘We swear to destroy the whites and all that they possess; let us die rather than fail to keep this vow.’” (From The Black Jacobins, by CLR James) Question: How is this passage relevant to the French Revolution?one paragraph for each question is enough

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