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Candide oder der Optimismus
Sign in to saveAlso known as Candide: or, All for the Best, Candide: or, The Optimist, Candide: Optimism, Voltaire, 1694-1778. Candide
satirische Novelle von Voltaire
"Candide" is a French satirical novella by Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire, published in 1759, that follows a young man named Candide as he is stripped from his sheltered life and confronted with the harsh realities of the world, contradicting the optimistic philosophy his mentor had taught him. The work uses Candide's journey of disillusionment to critique the popular belief that everything happens for the best, making it an enduring critique of blind optimism and naïve worldviews.
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Book · Open Library
- Author
- Voltaire
- First published
- 1746
- Editions
- 1,079
- Subjects
- Conduct of life, Readers, Literatura francesa, Satire, Fiction, Civilization, Moral conditions, Enlightenment
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Candide
- Book.title_orig
- Candide, ou l'Optimisme
- Book.orig_lang_code
- fr
- Book.image
- Candide1759.jpg
- Book.border
- yes
- Book.caption
- The title-page of the 1759 edition published by Cramer in Geneva, which reads, "Candide, or Optimism, translated from the German of Dr. Ralph."
- Book.author
- Voltaire
- Book.country
- France
- Book.language
- French
- Book.publisher
- 1759: Cramer, Marc-Michel Rey, Jean Nourse, Lambert, and others
- Book.pub_date
- January 1759
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Wikidata facts
- Read free · Project Gutenberg
- #19942
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Voltaire
- Genre
- bildungsroman
- Country of origin
- Kingdom of France
- Main subject
- optimism
- Narrative location
- Bulgaria
- Image
- Voltaire - Candide - Baquoy - Moreau.jpg
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- publication date
- 1759-00-00
- last line
- Cela est bien dit, répondit Candide, mais il faut cultiver notre jardin.
- Commons category
- Candide (Voltaire)
- illustrator
- Jean-Michel Moreau
- inception
- 1782-00-00
- title
- Kandyd czyli Optymizm
- language of work or name
- French
- derivative work
- Candy
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- copyright status
- public domain
- short name
- Candide
- subtitle
- Traduit de l’Allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph
- time period
- Age of Enlightenment
- set in period
- 1750s
- work available at URL
- github.com/MiMoText/roman18/blob/master/plain/files/Voltaire_Candide.txt
- P12047
- Stuttgart
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Article · Deutsch
Candide oder der Optimismus (französisch Candide ou l’optimisme) ist eine 1759 unter dem Pseudonym Docteur Ralph erschienene satirische Novelle des französischen Philosophen Voltaire. Im Jahr 1776 erschien eine deutsche Übersetzung unter dem Titel Candide oder die beste aller Welten. Diese Satire wendet sich unter anderem gegen die optimistische Weltanschauung Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz’, der die beste aller möglichen Welten postulierte. Voltaire propagiert Skeptizismus und Pessimismus, die Leibniz’ Postulat in den Kontext der Zeit rücken (Eindruck des Erdbebens von Lissabon 1755, Siebenjähriger Krieg) und in Frage stellen. Mit Witz und Ironie prangert Voltaire in seinem „conte philosophique“ den überheblichen Adel, die kirchliche Inquisition, Krieg und Sklaverei an und verspottet die naive Utopie des einfachen Mannes von einem sorglosen Leben.
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