Candide - Voltaire - Books - Createspace Independent Publishing Platf - 9781545040690 - March 30, 2017
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Candide is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply "optimism") by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds".

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 30, 2017
ISBN13 9781545040690
Publishers Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages 166
Dimensions 191 × 235 × 9 mm   ·   294 g
Language French  

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