Candide - Voltaire - Bøger -  - 9781095208465 - 19. april 2019
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Candide

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. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this existence, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not outright rejecting optimism, advocating an enigmatic precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".

Medie Bøger     Paperback Bog   (Bog med blødt omslag og limet ryg)
Udgivet 19. april 2019
ISBN13 9781095208465
Antal sider 368
Mål 127 × 203 × 21 mm   ·   399 g
Sprog Engelsk  

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