01703cam a22003493u 4500 59859 UtSlPG 20260610134359.0 m cr n 260607r2019||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fr iso639-1 PQ Voltaire, 1694-1778 Candide, ou l'optimisme Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2019 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide Release date is 2019-07-05 Laura Natal Rodrigues "Candide, ou l'optimisme" by Voltaire is a French satire first published in 1759. Young Candide lives a sheltered life in paradise, taught Leibnizian optimism by his mentor Professor Pangloss, who insists "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds." This idyllic existence ends abruptly, launching Candide through a series of hardships that slowly disillusion him. Through fantastical, fast-moving adventures, Voltaire ridicules religion, governments, armies, and philosophers while grappling with the problem of evil and ultimately advocating a practical precept: "we must cultivate our garden." (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Satire Optimism -- Fiction Sarcey, Francisque, 1827-1899 Moreau, Adrien, 1843-1906 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59859 100685 100685