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THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT - THE 18TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHERS SELECTED, WITH INTRODUCTION AND INTERPRETIVE COMMENTARY Locke Voltaire Berkeley Hume Reid Condillac Hamann

By: Locke Voltaire Berkely Hume Reid Condillac Hamann Isaiah (Introduction/interpretive Commentary by) Berlin

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Publisher: Mentor/New American Library: January 1956

Seller ID: 275604

ISBN: B00L4AN5RU

Binding: Trade Paperback

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Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics)

By: Voltaire

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Publisher: Penguin Classics: May 1990

Seller ID: 320568

ISBN: 0140440046

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"All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds"

It was the indifferent shrug and callous inertia that this "optimism" concealed which so angered Voltaire, who found the "all for the best" approach a patently inadequate response to suffering, to natural disasters, not to mention the questions of illness and man-made war. Moreover, as the rebel whose satiric genius had earned him not only international acclaim, but two stays in the Bastille, flogging, and exile, Voltaire knew personally what suffering entailed. In Candide he whisks his young hero and friends through a ludicro...
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Lettres philosophiques

By: VOLTAIRE

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Publisher: GF Flammarion: January 1982

Seller ID: 333438

ISBN: B00EX5CLLY

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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Candide

By: voltaire

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Publisher: Bantam Books: January 1976

Seller ID: 345794

ISBN: 0553101722

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Candide and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)

By: Voltaire

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Publisher: Oxford University Press: July 2006

Seller ID: 378060

ISBN: 0192807269

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Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's "philosophical tales," in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. First published in 1759, it was an instant bestseller and has come to be regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. What Candide does for chivalric romance, the other tales in this selection--Micromegas, Zadig, The Ingenu, and The White Bull--do for science fiction, the Oriental tale, the sentimental novel, and the Old Testament.
The most extensive one-volume selection currently available, this new edition includes a new verse translation of ...
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Candide

By: Voltaire

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Publisher: Pocket Classics: June 2005

Seller ID: 393512

ISBN: 1416500308

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.

A classic work of eighteenth century literature, Candide is Voltaire's fast-paced novella of struggle and adventure that used satire as a form of social critique. Candide enlists the help of his tutor, Dr. Pangloss, to help him reunite with his estranged lover, Lady Cunegonde. But the journey...
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Author:VOLTAIRE

THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT - THE 18TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHERS SELECTED, WITH INTRODUCTION AND INTERPRETIVE COMMENTARY Locke Voltaire Berkeley Hume Reid Condillac Hamann

Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics)

Lettres philosophiques

Candide

Candide and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)

Candide