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Candide is a satirical novel published in 1759 that is the best-known work by Voltaire. It is a savage denunciation of metaphysical optimism--as espoused by the German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz--that reveals a world of horrors and folly. This pocket-sized, illustrated hardcover edition makes a lovely addition to any reader’s library.
In Voltaire’s philosophical fantasy, naive Candide sees and suffers such misfortune that he ultimately rejects the philosophy of his tutor Doctor Pangloss, who claims that "all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds." Candide and his companions--Pangloss, his beloved Cunegonde, and his servant Cacambo--display an instinct for survival that provides them hope in an otherwise somber setting. When they all retire together to a simple life on a small farm, they discover that the secret of happiness is "to cultivate one's garden," a practical philosophy that excludes excessive idealism and nebulous metaphysics.
Voltaire’s mordant satire of philosophy, religion, governments, the military and practically anything else you could mention is as entertaining today as when the pages first rolled off the press back in 1759.
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Voltaire (1694 1778) was a major French figure of the Enlightenment. A prolific philosopher, historian, and writer, he produced almost every literary form, always in a very ironical and polemical style. Although he hoped to be remembered mainly for his plays, his philosophical tales such as L Ingénu or Candide are today very well known and widely studied. Witty, concise, satirical, they are very representative of his style.
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- PublisherChartwell Books
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0785825118
- ISBN 13 9780785825111
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages128
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