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Candide - and Other Poetic and Philosophical Writings (Paperback, Critical ed.)
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Candide - and Other Poetic and Philosophical Writings (Paperback, Critical ed.)
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Loot Price R399
Discovery Miles 3 990
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The philosophical problem of evil-that a supposedly good God could
allow terrible human suffering-troubled the minds of
eighteenth-century thinkers as it troubles us today. Voltaire's
classic novel Candide relates the misadventures of a young optimist
who leaves his sheltered childhood to find his way in a cruel and
irrational world. Fast-paced and full of dark humor, the novel
mocks the suggestion that "all is well" and challenges us to create
a better world. This Broadview Edition follows the text of a 1759
English translation that was released concurrently with Voltaire's
first French edition. Candide is supplemented by Voltaire's most
important poetic and humanistic writings on God and evil, the Poem
upon the Destruction of Lisbon and We Must Take Sides. The editor's
introduction situates the novel in its philosophical and
intellectual setting; the appendices include other writings by
Voltaire, as well as related writings by Bayle, Leibniz, Pope,
Rousseau, and others that place the work in its poetic,
philosophical, and humanistic contexts.
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