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Candide, or Optimism (1759) written by Voltaire, the shining star of the French Enlightenment, is a biting, hilarious and frequently outrageous satire that pokes philosophical fun at -- of all things -- the doctrine of optimism. Candide is a nave youth stubbornly adhering to the notion that "all is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds," despite being cast into a flood of misfortunes and picaresque misadventures that take him around the world. Whether Candide and optimism itself emerges unscathed in the end, hinges upon his own deceptively simple words: "let us cultivate our garden."
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Candide, Voltaire
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1997
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- Titel
- Candide
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Voltaire
- Verlag
- Penguin Books
- Verlag
- 1997
- Einband
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0140622632
- ISBN13
- 9780140622638
- Kuratierte Auswahl
- Penguin popular classics
- Kategorie
- Weltprosa, Geliebte Klassiker, Geschenke für Männer
- Beschreibung
- Candide, or Optimism (1759) written by Voltaire, the shining star of the French Enlightenment, is a biting, hilarious and frequently outrageous satire that pokes philosophical fun at -- of all things -- the doctrine of optimism. Candide is a nave youth stubbornly adhering to the notion that "all is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds," despite being cast into a flood of misfortunes and picaresque misadventures that take him around the world. Whether Candide and optimism itself emerges unscathed in the end, hinges upon his own deceptively simple words: "let us cultivate our garden."