![]() For the first time in his life, he is forced to reconcile his actual experiences to the theoretical precept he cherished since childhood as he is assaulted with all kinds of tragedy imaginable. Pangloss that all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. Young and ignorant, he moves from place to place looking for a place to stay in, armed with nothing more than the philosophy he learned from Dr. It starts as Candide is kicked out of his childhood home when unjustly accused of being romantically interested in Lady Cunégonde. Voltaire brilliantly parodies this philosopohy in the novel as he courses the protagonist Candide through a series of dismal events that would challenge his views and prompt him to overhaul himself. ![]() The key issue of Candide is optimism more specifically, the belief held during Voltaires time declaring that all human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan which undermines the need to question, much less refute or amend, the theory of philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that "all for the best in the best of all possible worlds." "The most useful books," he wrote, "are those to which the readers themselves contribute half they develop the idea of which the author has presented the seed."Ī rare novel of sharp wit and biting satire, Voltaires masterpiece is a glorious depiction of the intolerable folly of society and its perverted way of thinking. ![]() Voltaires Candide is one of those exceptional novels that work on the readers sensibilities. ![]()
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