5/26/2023 0 Comments Candide book![]() ![]() 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. 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 novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759) Candide: or, The Optimist (1762) and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). ![]() Candide is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. ![]()
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