by Voltaire · Sarpe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472917033
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«Cándido o el optimismo» is Voltaire's philosophical novel, published by Sarpe in paperback (145 pages, in Spanish).
Philosophical and satirical novel published in 1759. The protagonist, Candide, has been educated in the optimistic belief that everything happens for the best, but a journey around the world confronts him with wars, catastrophes, fanaticism and abuses. Voltaire uses irony to question optimism and criticize intolerance, religion and the social injustices of his time.
1984 edition published in the Novelas inmortales collection, with translation by A. Navarro.
Common reading in schools and universities, recommended for those who enjoy classic satire and the social and philosophical criticism of the Enlightenment.
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
