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Candide and Other Works

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Candide, ou l'Optimisme is the masterwork of the French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet). Formatted as a conte philosophique (philosophical tale), it is a fast-paced, highly biting satire directed primarily against the philosophical optimism popularized by thinkers like Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz—the notion that "all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds". Through a relentless barrage of disasters, wars, and atrocities, Voltaire uses dark humor to dismantle blind optimism and religious hypocrisy.

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3.823.0361.B.U

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London : Wordsworth Classics., 2014

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English

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3.823.0361.B.U

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English Fiction

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