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Candide by Voltaire

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Quotations
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Candide Quotes
1,786 words, approx. 6 pages
Candide (1759) is a satirical novel by Voltaire . Sourced Translation (ca. 1761-1765) by Tobias Smollett Pangloss enseignait la métaphysico-théologo-cosmolo-nigologie. Il prouvait admirablement qu’il n’y a point d’effet sans cause, et que, dans...


Author Biography

Name: Voltaire
Birth Date: November 21, 1694
Death Date: May 30, 1778
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Place of Death: Paris, France
Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupations: poet, philosopher

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Biography of Voltaire
2157 words, approx. 7.2 pages
The French poet, dramatist, historian, and philosopher Voltaire (1694-1778) was an outspoken and aggressive enemy of every injustice but especially of religious intolerance. His works are an outstanding embodiment of the principles of the French Enlighte...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Candide Summary
5,855 words, approx. 20 pages
Candide by Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet was born in Paris, France, in 1694, the youngest child of a cultured middle-class family. Educated by the Jesuits at the College Louis-Le-Grand, Arouet abandoned the study of law for a...
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Candide Information
7,096 words, approx. 24 pages
Candide, ou l'Optimisme (1759) is a French satire by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It has been translated as various English titles, including Candide: Or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: Or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Or, Optimism...


News and Journals
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Fanfare
Candide
03/01/2007: 429 words, approx. 1 pages
BERNSTEIN Candide * Leonard Bernstein, cond; Jerry Hadley (Candide); June Anderson (Cunegonde); Adolph Green (Dr. Pangloss/Martin); Christa Ludwig (Old Lady); Nicolai Gedda (Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski); Della Jones (Panquette); London SO & Ch * DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON B0006905-09 (DVD: 147:00) If we were to discover a video...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The candidates
08/07/2003: 385 words, approx. 1 pages
The candidates, on display By RUBY Thursday, August 7, 2003 The first open seat for Milwaukee mayor since 1988 is drawing a crowd of contestants -- 10 so far, assuming Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. formally declares in a few...
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The New York Observer
Candidates Cramming
8/21/2005: 1,982 words, approx. 7 pages
While the political playing field is lined with union bosses, lobbying groups and eminent ex-statesmen, this is the time of year when New York’s politicians have their sights set on the most influential—and least-known—power broker of all: a former U.S. ambassador to Belize named Carolyn...
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AP News
Candidates on wheels
5/11/2007: 254 words, approx. 1 pages
Hybrids are gaining in popularity in the political class, judging from the cars of choice of the presidential candidates.The Associated Press is asking the candidates a series of questions about their personal tastes, habits and backgrounds. Today's question and their answers:___What car or cars do...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Haydn Mason
20,992 words, approx. 70 pages
In the excerpts below, Mason provides a detailed analysis of Candide, including discussions of its origin, context, philosophical, and literary background, as well as its connections to Voltaire's other works.
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Critical Essay by William F. Bottiglia
20,680 words, approx. 69 pages
In the following essays, Bottiglia analyses the style and themes of Candide and offers a detailed examination of the text.
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Critical Essay by Ira O. Wade
15,007 words, approx. 50 pages
In these essays, Wade focuses on the artistic organization of Candide, providing context for the creation of the work.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 93%
Analysis of Voltaire's Satirism in Candide
2,376 words, approx. 8 pages
Throughout his novel Candide, Voltaire utilized satire, characterization, and techniques of exaggeration and contrast to attack Candide's two-dimensional outlook on life and to disprove the overly optimistic philosophy that Candide and Pangloss represent. While the experiences of Candide and Pangloss conflict dramatically with this philosophy, both choose to maintain their beliefs in this regard. The conflict signifies Voltaire's use of the novel -- a purely Enlightenment work -- to criticize certain aspec
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Essay Grade: 95%
Candide - Cultivate Our Garden
2,192 words, approx. 7 pages
On Candide by Voltaire...Analysis and explanation of "cultivate our garden" quote.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Personal Freedom in Leviathan and Candide
2,191 words, approx. 7 pages
Compares the Respective States of Personal Freedom in Leviathan and Candide. Explains that whereas Hobbes's Leviathan relates that of how the state of human nature can be changed and adapted to a desirable social order, Voltaire's Candide shows the difficulty of being within the sorry state of the human experience.
 


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