by Voltaire · El Aleph Editores, S.A · ISBN 9788476692295
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«Cándido» is Voltaire's philosophical novel, published by El Aleph Editores (190 pages, in Spanish).
Voltaire narrates the misfortunes of Cándido, a young man expelled from a castle who travels the world amid wars, abuses and shipwrecks. The novel satirizes the philosophy of optimism and the idea that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and criticizes the hypocrisy of the nobility, the clergy and institutions.
The work, also known as «Cándido o El optimismo», was originally published in 1759 and belongs to the Atajos collection (no. 8).
A read for those interested in classical literature and philosophy, especially in social satire and irony as a tool of criticism.
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.
