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Candide is a French satire first published in 1759. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply “optimism”) by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide s slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide,
