Out of the Lisbon earthquake came two very important works: a series of papers on the causes of earthquakes by Emanuel Kant (who started as a seismologist and physicist before becoming known as a philosopher) and Voltaire's novel Candide (or The Optimist).
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“out of this earthquake came two very important works for our purposes uh one a series of papers on the causes of earthquakes by Emanuel Kant who you know as a philosopher but who started as a seis olist and physicist um and the other book candid or The Optimist written by Voltaire”
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