Voltaire
1) Candide
3) Candide
Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire's novel Zadig, or The Book of Fate skillfully weaves the story of its ancient Babylonian philosopher. Not trying for adherence to history, Voltaire's story is full of thinly veiled references to the social and political issues his own time. This appropriately philosophical work holds up human life as being led by destiny beyond our control. The moral transformations that take place within Zadig tell of
...What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?' Voltaire's Pocket Philosophical Dictionary, first published in 1764, is a major work of the European Enlightenment. It is also a highly entertaining book: this is no 'dictionary' in the ordinary sense, nor does it treat 'philosophy' in the modern meaning of the term. It consists of a sequence
...French Enlightenment thinker Voltaire saw much to admire in Russian emperor Peter the Great. Most significantly, Voltaire admired Peter's tireless efforts to drag Russia from its medieval mindset and thrust it into an age of rationality. This exhaustive biography focuses more on Peter's philosophy and values than his wartime exploits.
12) Micromega
Cándido, o El optimismo (título original en francés: Candide, ou l'Optimisme) es un cuento filosófico publicado por el filósofo ilustrado Voltaire en 1759. Voltaire nunca admitió abiertamente ser el autor de la controvertida novela, la cual está firmada con el seudónimo Monsieur le docteur Ralph (literalmente, el señor doctor Ralph).
La obra narra, desde un punto de vista sardónico, las peripecias
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