Candide
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Paperback / Softback
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ISBN-10
0486266893
ISBN-13
9780486266893
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint
Dover Publications Inc.
Country of Manufacture
AE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 1st, 2000
Print length
112 Pages
Weight
90 grams
Dimensions
20.20 x 12.90 x 0.70 cms
Product Classification:
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Candide, ou l''Optimisme (1759) is a French satire by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire, English translations of which have been titled Candide: Or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: Or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Or, Optimism (1947). The novella 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 tutor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this existence, followed by Candide''s slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not outright rejecting optimism, advocating an enigmatic 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".
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