PREMIUM-Episode 62: Voltaire’s Novel “Candide”
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Candide: A Philosopher's View on Philosophy
Voltaire embraces this sort of hard line empiricist approach. And so that's either scandalous or brilliant, depending on what you think. In some ways, it's the beginning of the worst part of science and not being worried about efficient things. But Leidenitz is actually a whole different can of worms because he invented the calculus simultaneously with Newton. He made great contributions to science, including kinetic energy.
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