CANDIDE OR OPTIMISM BY VOLTAIRE

Embark on a journey full of adventures and philosophical reflections with Candide, the hero of Voltaire's novella, who faces numerous adversities while maintaining his faith in optimism. This satirical story, full of surprising twists and turns, parodies adventure novels of the Enlightenment era, while raising important questions about evil and happiness.

• Fast-paced narration and surprising twists
• Parody of adventure novels of the Enlightenment era
• Inspiration from historical facts with elements of fantasy
• Philosophical issues regarding evil and happiness
• Candide's fate testing faith in goodness
• Reading for secondary schools

"Candide or Optimism" is a satirical philosophical novella written by Voltaire, a prominent representative of the French Enlightenment. It is characterized by a fast-paced narration and full of surprising twists and turns, parodying adventure novels of its era. Based partly on historical facts, it does not shy away from fantastic descriptions and improbable events. The subject matter of the novella concerns the fate of Candide, a young hero raised by preceptor Pangloss in the spirit of Leibniz's philosophy of optimism.

Due to an unfortunate coincidence, Candide, raised in greenhouse conditions, is banished from his homeland and wanders the world, where experiences await him, repeatedly testing his faith in the goodness of people and the world. The colorful adventures of the hero are for Voltaire a pretext to raise the most important philosophical problems of the Enlightenment era, primarily the question of evil and the recipe for a happy life. in collision with rationally established knowledge about life.

Candide, first published in 1759, proved to be a huge publishing success, simultaneously causing an international scandal and attracting censorship in many countries. To this day, it is considered one of the most important works of world literature. Reading for secondary schools.