Pangloss

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fictional character literary character philosopher tutor

Pangloss is the comically optimistic philosopher and tutor in Voltaire's satirical novella "Candide," known for his unwavering belief that this is "the best of all possible worlds."

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Pangloss canonical	4
Candide's mentor	1
Candide's tutor	1
Dr. Pangloss	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ philosopher ⓘ tutor ⓘ
appearsIn	Candide ⓘ
appearsInGenre	philosophical novella ⓘ satire ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	critique of philosophical optimism ⓘ optimism vs reality ⓘ suffering and evil ⓘ
characterTrait	extreme optimism ⓘ naivety ⓘ stubbornness ⓘ
createdBy	Voltaire ⓘ
employerInFiction	Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh ⓘ
famousFor	comic philosophical optimism ⓘ unwavering belief that this is the best of all possible worlds ⓘ
firstAppearanceForm	novella ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear	1759 ⓘ
hasCatchphraseIdea	all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds ⓘ
inspiredBy	Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ surface form: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (caricatured)
languageOfOriginalWork	French ⓘ
literaryPeriod	French Enlightenment ⓘ surface form: Enlightenment
maintainsBeliefDespite	personal suffering ⓘ widespread human misery ⓘ
medium	prose fiction ⓘ
nameEtymology	from Greek pan (all) and glossa (tongue), suggesting talking about everything ⓘ
narrativeFunction	comic relief ⓘ satirical target of Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ
nationalityInFiction	German ⓘ
occupationInFiction	philosophy teacher ⓘ tutor to a baron's family ⓘ
philosophicalPosition	Leibnizian optimism (parody) ⓘ
relationshipToProtagonist	philosophical guide ⓘ teacher ⓘ
roleInWork	Pangloss self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Candide's mentor Pangloss self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Candide's tutor
student	Candide ⓘ
suffersEvent	earthquake at Lisbon ⓘ enslavement on a galley ⓘ hanging by the Inquisition ⓘ
symbolizes	blind philosophical optimism ⓘ detached rationalism ⓘ
teachesDoctrine	best of all possible worlds ⓘ
workSetting	Europe ⓘ South America ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Candide → mainCharacter → Pangloss ⓘ

Pangloss → roleInWork → Pangloss self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Candide's tutor

Pangloss → roleInWork → Pangloss self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Candide's mentor

Martin → contrastsWith → Pangloss ⓘ

Martin → appearsAlongside → Pangloss ⓘ

the Old Woman → associatedWithCharacter → Pangloss ⓘ

Candide (operetta by Leonard Bernstein) → mainCharacter → Pangloss ⓘ

subject surface form: Candide

this entity surface form: Dr. Pangloss