Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical 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". with this eBook or online at Title: Candide. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Candide, by VoltaireThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. But when his love for the Barons rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. It 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 mentor, Professor Pangloss. Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that all is for the best. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759) Candide: or, The Optimist (1762) and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). Candide is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment.
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