
Candide
by Voltaire
Candide, raised on Pangloss's philosophy that all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds, is expelled from his castle and travels through earthquakes, Inquisitions, the Seven Years War, and El Dorado, finding nothing to support Pangloss's optimism. The sustained satirical assault on Leibnizian theodicy that made Voltaire famous.
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