Books with author Voltaire

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Candide is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Optimism (1947).[6] It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting Leibnizian optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds". Candide is characterized by its tone as well as by its erratic, fantastical, and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious coming-of-age narrative (Bildungsroman), it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is bitter and matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.[8] As philosophers of Voltaire's day contended with the problem of evil, so does Candide in this short novel, albeit more directly and humorously. Voltaire ridicules religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers. Through Candide, he assaults Leibniz and his optimism.

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Excerpt from The Works of Voltaire, Vol. 34: A Contemporary VersionSuch also are the histories of the emperor Charles VI of Prince Eugene, and many others.In this manner has the noble art of printing been made to serve the purposes of the Vilest traffic. A Dutch book seller orders a book to be written, just as a manufacturer gives directions for weaving a piece of cloth; and unhap pily there are authors to be found, whose necessities oblige them to sell their labors to these dealers, like work men, for hire; hence arise these insipid panegyrics, and defamatory libels, with which the public is overrun, and is one of the most shameful Vices Of the age.Never did history stand more in need of authentic vouchers, than at this time, when so infamous a traffic is made of falsehood. The author who now offers to the public' 'the History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great is the same who thirty years ago wrote the History of Charles XII., from the papers of several eminent persons in public stations, who had lived with that monarch for a considerable time. The present his tory is a confirmation of, and supplement to, the former.And here the author thinks himself obliged, out Of respect to the public, and a regard for truth, to bring to View an undeniable testimony of the degree of credit due to the History of Charles XII.Not long since, the king of Poland and duke of Lorraine ordered that work to be read over a second time to him at Commercy, when he was struck with the truth of a multitude of facts, to which he himself had been eye -witness, and so incensed at the boldness with which certain libellers and journalists had controverted their authenticity, that he resolved to enforce, by the authority of his own testimony, the credit due to the historian; and as it was not proper for him to write himself, he ordered one of the great officers of his household, to draw up the following, in the form of a certificate.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.