![]() ![]() ![]() Through the adventures, while Candide inquires the philosophical terms of good and the best, Voltaire criticizes Europeans, religion, optimism, human’s lack of satisfaction and many other subjects that is relevant through the 18th century to today’s world, via the events that Candide experienced throughout the story. At the beginning of the novel, after a short overview of the main characters Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh, the Baroness, the Baron’s daughter Cunégonde, naïve Candide and Candide’s mentor philosopher Pangloss, Voltaire exiles Candide from his hometown and starts the series of adventures and confronts Candide with the world and the others outside the castle of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh that he lived in. “Candide or Optimism” with its main character Candide constantly roaming around the world carrying questions of good and evil, and through the lines of the book take place the thoughts of criticism that flow through the river of philosophy on the terrain of satire, is a short novel of François-Marie Arouet or best known as “Voltaire”, first published in 1759. Candide: Thoughts of Voltaire on Optimism, Philosophy and “The Other” ![]()
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