tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21863196.post3289001551853158021..comments2023-10-18T04:44:08.434-05:00Comments on tales of an ordinary girl: Nonbelieving Literati: Zadig - VoltaireAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09429263099197981481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21863196.post-26733833160623508552008-06-16T20:09:00.000-05:002008-06-16T20:09:00.000-05:00Zadig uses reason but it doesn't get him anywhere ...Zadig uses reason but it doesn't get him anywhere in the end: he doesn't know all the premises. Unfortunately, that's the message of Zadig: man doesn't know enough, and (worse) can't know enough.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately it's a premise Voltaire grew beyond.The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21863196.post-31054150724134628802008-06-16T11:49:00.000-05:002008-06-16T11:49:00.000-05:00I think another big theme of Zadig is: Don't accep...I think another big theme of <I>Zadig</I> is: Don't accept conventional wisdom just because it's conventional; most people don't know what the fuck they're talking about.<BR/><BR/>One incident near the beginning of the novel sets the tone for this theme. Zadig's eye is wounded and a famous doctor, Hermes, is called in. The doctor's prediction is dire: Zadig will lose his eye. Two days later the abscess bursts naturally and Zadig is fine. <BR/><BR/><I>Hermes wrote a book in which he proved that Zadig should not have been cured. Zadig did not read the book.</I>The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.com