Pangloss

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an incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire

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As a result, the PANGLOSS MT system was able to make use of this knowledge base, mainly in its generation element. Source: Internet

Aldridge (1975), pp. 251–254 As the plot unfolds, readers find that Candide is no rogue, Cunégonde becomes ugly and Pangloss is a stubborn fool. Source: Internet

Candide, the impressionable and incompetent student of Pangloss, often tries to justify evil, fails, invokes his mentor and eventually despairs. Source: Internet

Critical Survey of Short Fiction (2001) It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply "optimism") by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. Source: Internet

Candide is surprised: Pangloss had told him that Cunégonde had been raped and disemboweled. Source: Internet

Bottiglia (1951), p. 720 Fundamental to Voltaire's attack is Candide's tutor Pangloss, a self-proclaimed follower of Leibniz and a teacher of his doctrine. Source: Internet

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