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Candide (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Hardcover • 2020 • English

Candide (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

By Renée Voltaire

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Candide is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply "optimism") by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. Voltaire describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizi...Show more

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ISBN

9781774378557

Publisher

Engage Books

Published year

2020

Language

English

Original title

Candide (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Format

Hardcover

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