Candide – A Contrast To Optimism (1246 words, 4 pages)
Candide - A Contrast to Optimism- Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire was the French author of the novella Candide, also known as "Optimism"(Durant and Durant 724). In Candide, Voltaire sought to point out the fallacy of Gottfried William von Leibniz's theory of optimism and the hardships brought on by the ...
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