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Candide Chapter 5 - Tempest, Shipwreck, Earthquake, and What Became of Doctor Pangloss, Candide, and James the Anabaptist

In which a tempestuous sea voyage and a devastating earthquake of Lisbon reveal the fragility of human endeavours and the resilience of philosophical discourse amidst calamity. The steadfast Pangloss expounds his unfaltering optimism even as ruin and scepticism encroach, attended by the wry observations of those bound by faith and circumstance.

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