"Candide", whose full name is "Candide or Optimism", is Voltaire's most famous philosophical novel. This edition adopts Mr. Fu Lei's translation. "Candide" tells a series of encounters of the protagonist, Candide.
The protagonist "Candide" initially believed in the optimistic philosophy of his teacher Pangloss, that is, everything in this world is perfect. He was an illegitimate son adopted by a baron. Because he fell in love with the baron's daughter, he was kicked out of the house. From then on, he wandered around. He encountered various tortures and disasters along the way, and saw the indifference, frame-up, and superstition between people, but he still firmly believed in his perfect world view. Until he arrived in an El Dorado, where gold, jasper and gems were everywhere, and everyone lived a free, equal, happy and wealthy life. He finally slowly realized the cruelty and indifference of society, so he abandoned his previous philosophical thoughts and began to believe that life should achieve happiness through labor.
Reader comments
Wow, the book "Candide" is really interesting! The protagonist's experience made me feel the cruelty and indifference of society, and also made me understand that I should cherish my current life. This reminds me of a sentence in "The Little Prince": "Maybe there are five thousand flowers exactly like you in the world, but you are my unique rose." Just like an honest man, he only understood the true meaning of life after experiencing various hardships. I find this book very inspiring and recommend you to read it too!
Voltaire had only read his poems, but he didn't expect that his articles were also good.
The article satirizes and alludes to the general environment at that time. It tells about war, class relations, religious beliefs, views on love, and the helplessness of women's status.
After a rough reading, it's pretty good, three and a half points (if there's no half star, I can only rate four points)
The characters in the book have suffered so much... Seeing them die and come back to life makes people really don't know whether to laugh or cry.
A book full of philosophy and judgment. Prosperity and wealth are just clouds. People come to this world to work, and only labor is the happiest.
Very interesting book
The whole book is full of uncertainty and turmoil, crossing the bottom line of human civilization.
Things in the world are impermanent, so it is better to live in the present than to seek for things you cannot get. People's hearts are unpredictable. Rather than deceiving yourself that there are all good people in the world, it is better to stick to the moment of gratitude and peaceful life in your heart.
It has great stamina and looks great.
Like it very much, highly recommended
Honest people are dishonest
The language is concise and humorous, the story is too bizarre, I only express my opinion.
Wow, the book "Candide" is really interesting! The protagonist's experience made me feel the cruelty and indifference of society, and also made me understand that I should cherish my current life. This reminds me of a sentence in "The Little Prince": "Maybe there are five thousand flowers exactly like you in the world, but you are my unique rose." Just like an honest man, he only understood the true meaning of life after experiencing various hardships. I find this book very inspiring and recommend you to read it too!
Voltaire had only read his poems, but he didn't expect that his articles were also good. The article satirizes and alludes to the general environment at that time. It tells about war, class relations, religious beliefs, views on love, and the helplessness of women's status. After a rough reading, it's pretty good, three and a half points (if there's no half star, I can only rate four points)
The characters in the book have suffered so much... Seeing them die and come back to life makes people really don't know whether to laugh or cry.
A book full of philosophy and judgment. Prosperity and wealth are just clouds. People come to this world to work, and only labor is the happiest.
Very interesting book
The whole book is full of uncertainty and turmoil, crossing the bottom line of human civilization.
Things in the world are impermanent, so it is better to live in the present than to seek for things you cannot get. People's hearts are unpredictable. Rather than deceiving yourself that there are all good people in the world, it is better to stick to the moment of gratitude and peaceful life in your heart.
It has great stamina and looks great.
Like it very much, highly recommended
Honest people are dishonest
The language is concise and humorous, the story is too bizarre, I only express my opinion.