![]() ![]() This is a transcript from the video series ![]() ![]() How is optimism even possible, let alone something to be lampooned? There are so many problems in our world, as there were in 18th-century Europe. Voltaire wrote mostly non-fiction and philosophy, but he wrote Candide, a very short novel, in order to satirize the then-popular philosophy of optimism. (Image: Danussa/Shutterstock) Voltaire and Optimism Voltaire wrote Candide in 1759 to satirize the then-popular philosophy of optimism. Let us explore the world of young Candide to find the reason for this novel’s immense popularity. In fact, Candide has garnered far more attention than the rest of Voltaire’s work put together. By Pamela Bedore, Ph.D., University of Connecticut Although most of Voltaire’s most respected philosophy is seldom read outside the academy, Candide continues to be enthusiastically consumed by all kinds of people. ![]()
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