What is a Panglossian view?
What is a Panglossian view? Panglossian • \pan-GLAH-see-un\ • adjective. : marked by the view that all is for the best in this best of possible worlds : excessively optimistic. What is the purpose of Pangloss in Candide? As Candide’s mentor and a philosopher, Pangloss is responsible for the novel’s most famous idea: that all […]