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CANDIDE, OR OPTIMISM-A/L by VOLTAIRE FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET
$29.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he ...Show more
Candide by Voltaire
$9.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics S. | Reading Level: good
Candide deals with the problems of suffering and evil. Voltaire attacks the hopelessness and callousness of the "all is for the best" philosophy, personified by tutor Pangloss. The resilience of human nature is emphasized in the amazing reversals of fortune which Candide and his friends survive.
Candide and other stories by VOLTAIRE
$13.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'If this is the best of all possible worlds, then what must the others be like?' Young Candide is tossed on a hilarious tide of misfortune, experiencing the full horror and injustice of this 'best of all possible worlds' - the Old and the New - before finally accepting that his old philosophy tutor Dr P ...Show more
Candide, or Optimism by Voltaire (FRANCOIS VOLTAIRE)
$17.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguins Classics Ser.
Theo Cuffe's marvelous translation of Voltaire's satirical masterpiece. With its vibrant new translation and perceptive introduction this new edition of Voltaire's masterpiece belongs in the hands of every reader pondering our assumptions about human behavior and our place in the world. Candide tells of ...Show more
Candide: or Optimism by Voltaire
$19.95 AUD
Category: Classics
With its vibrant new translation, perceptive introduction, and witty packaging, this new edition of Voltaire's masterpiece belongs in the hands of every reader pondering our assumptions about human behavior and our place in the world. "Candide" tells of the hilarious adventures of the naive Candide, who ...Show more
Miracles and Idolatry (Penguin Great Ideas Series) by Voltaire
$9.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you t ...Show more
Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire
$30.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary, first published in 1764, is a series of short, radical essays - alphabetically arranged - that form a brilliant and bitter analysis of the social and religious conventions that then dominated eighteenth-century French thought. One of the masterpieces of the Enlighten ...Show more
Pocket Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire
$18.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?' Voltaire's Pocket Philosophical Dictionary, first published in 1764, is a major work of the European Enlightenment. It is also a highly entertai ...Show more
Treatise On Toleration by Voltaire
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
One of the most important essays on religious tolerance and freedom of thought, a French bestseller in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks In 1762 Jean Calas, a merchant from Toulouse, was executed after being falsely accused of killing his son. As it became clear that Calas was in fact persecuted ...Show more
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