The atrocities described in the 18th century remind me or our own atrocities these days. That was disturbing. Many passages were laugh out loud funny as Voltaire uses satire to make some social commentary on everything from war to literature. The self-aware style of his writing reminded me of Mark Twain, and the pure openness, which could have been shocking in his day, was fresh and sharp.
I found myself reexamining some philosophies on happiness and economics. It was an easy examination made very entertaining by Voltaire's parodies on many stereotypes. So who has had the most horrible experiences in their life? Yeah, go ahead, try to measure that!
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