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What was the candide about?
Candide was a satire written by Voltaire. It's about a lot of things, but the story primarily makes fun of some of the philosophies at the time (as seen by Pangloss and his ridiculous idea that this...
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The author of Candide?
Voltaire wrote Candide.
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Where is comedy in Candide?
Candide is a satire. Much like a comedy, but makes fun of another work. Candide was written by frenchman, Voltaire who wrote Candide clearly mocking German philosopher, Gottfried Wilhem von Leibniz....
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What is the religion of Candide?
I would say he doesn't have one because when he is asked if he believes the pope is the antichrist, he says that he doesn't know who the pope is, and there is nothing the book that says anything...
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What is satirized in Candide?
The main satire in Candide is about Leibnizian optimism, or the philosophy that "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".