by Voltaire · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804307730
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«Candido» is Voltaire's philosophical novel, published by Mondadori in paperback (149 pages, in Italian).
A philosophical novel that follows the misfortunes of young Candide: a satire of philosophical optimism that criticises naivety, corruption and injustice, and reflects on human destiny, the meaning of history and the search for happiness.
Work originally published in 1759 as «Candide, ou l'Optimisme». This 1988 Italian edition, translated by Riccardo Bacchelli, is part of the Oscar classici collection.
School-reading classic, for those interested in satire and 18th-century philosophical thought.
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.
