Candide - 9781534616356

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.

• • Author: Voltaire, Edibooks
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Jun 10, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 118 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1534616357
• • ISBN-13: 9781534616356