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The term is often used as meaning someone who looks for the positive side of a situation and anticipates the most positive outcome of a venture.
The term is often used as meaning someone who looks for the positive side of a situation and anticipates the most positive outcome of a venture.
An optimist is one who looks at a glass of water that is half-full and half-empty, and focuses on how it is half-full. A [[pessimist]] focuses on how it is half-empty.
An optimist is one who looks at a glass of water that is half-full and half-empty, and focuses on how it is half-full. A [[Pessimism|pessimist]] focuses on how it is half-empty.
French author [[Voltaire]] mocked the concept in his novel ''[[Candide]]'' (1759), ridiculing [[Leibniz]]'s notion that this is the best of all possible worlds.
French author [[Voltaire]] mocked the concept in his novel ''[[Candide]]'' (1759), ridiculing [[Leibniz]]'s notion that this is the best of all possible worlds.