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Candide

by Voltaire

Ever since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world has been a happier place for readers. Voltaire wrote it in three days, and many...

Candide

by Voltaire

Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." On the surface a witty,...

The Death of Caesar

by Voltaire & Frank J. Morlock

Voltaire's The Death of Caesar (Mort de César, 1735) is often erroneously described as a reworking of the first three acts of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Instead, Voltaire rewrote the text in its entirety,...

Zadig

by Voltaire

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...

Letters on England

by Voltaire

Letters on England gathers together Voltaire's essays about his time in England between 1726 and 1728. Comparable to Alexis De Tocqueville's Democracy in America, Voltaire looks at English culture as an outsider,...

Two Voltairean Plays: The Triumvirate and Comedy at Ferney

by Voltaire, Louis Lurine & Frank J. Morlock

Set in Roman times, Voltaire's play THE TRIUMVIRATE details a meeting on an island between Anthony and Octavian, in which the two main players in the post-Caesar Roman world decide how to divide up the spoils...

Candide

by Voltaire

Candide a classé comme l'un des grands satires du monde depuis sa première publication en 1759. Dans l'histoire des essais et des voyages du jeune Candide, son mentor le docteur Pangloss, et une foule d'autres...

Philosophy of History

by Voltaire

Have you ever wondered how different worldviews have shaped history? How dominant religious or political groups have changed the way past events have been interpreted, written, and recorded? The greatest philosophical...