Doctor Pangloss and the Turkish Farmer come from two very different backgrounds, one is an esteemed thinker while the other one is a manual laborer, as a result it is surprising to which one’s thought are more valuable. Candide sees Doctor Pangloss as a wise philosopher but in reality Pangloss is an illogical thinker. The Turkish Farmer lives a simple working life yet he produces the most logical and functional philosophy. Pangloss’s philosophy formulated through irrational reasoning and abstract thought and based in optimism, uses philosophy to draw conclusions where the Turkish Farmer’s view, founded on practicality and real world experience, employs hard work and experience to determine the correct path. Doctor Pangloss’s philosophy is …show more content…
The Farmer realizes that these evils exist and he tries to avoid them through work and a lack of boredom. The Farmer chooses to live his own life without help or distraction from others. He does not concern himself with the actions of other people because they do not affect him. The Farmer is clearly more successful and happy than Pangloss because even though Pangloss stays loyal to his philosophy, many terrible things have happened to him. The Farmer has all his needs met because he lives in a symbiotic relationship with his land and his family. They all work for a common purpose. The Farmer is able to accomplish more than Pangloss because Pangloss is constantly focused on why things happen. Whereas the Farmer is focused on how to make things happen. The Farmer thinks in the present and in terms of material things. But Pangloss tries to interpret abstract concepts from the past that have no benefit for him in the present. For example Pangloss will wonder why the world is the “best of all possible worlds” (Voltaire 2). But the Farmer will wonder how he can make the best of all possible worlds for himself and his family on their farm. The Farmer is satisfied when all his needs are meet and he can provide for his family. Candide says “This good old man appears to me to have chosen for himself a lot preferable to that of the Six Kings with whom we had the honor to sup” (Voltaire