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Notes on Kierkegaard:pg 72 “what would Kierkegaard wish for?” The freedom to be able to choose who he is and what he wants to do without society making those choices for him.

Voltaire: Candide is a satire about a man who is taught that:

“This is the best of all possible worlds.”

Then the character travels the world and experiences:
• War
• Slavery
• Earthquakes
• Cruelty

“Let me try this, you have a notion like Raynal , of natural liberties, and we all have them by virtue of our being human. But when those liberties are put under societal and cultural pressure, they become civil liberties and those are contingent on hierarchy in situation. Page 50. Dialogue James and Voltaire

Quote belief has nothing to do with the truth. “