Candide (English spelling)

Japanese: カンディド(英語表記)Candide ou l'Optimisme
Candide (English spelling)
A philosophical novel by the French thinker and writer Voltaire. Published in 1759. Subtitled "Optimism." A masterpiece of 18th-century satire, the novel is both a critique of Leibniz's theory of pre-established harmony and a response to the issue of God's providence, which became a source of debate with Rousseau at the time of the Lisbon earthquake (1755). The protagonist, Candide, encounters many difficulties and falls into ruin many times, but he does not give in and gradually comes to understand the joy of working, eventually reaching the point where he realizes, "We must cultivate our own fields." The author's scathing criticism of the politics, society, and ideology of the time is expressed in the description of the protagonist's fate.

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Japanese:
フランスの思想家,作家ボルテールの哲学小説。 1759年刊。副題「楽天主義」。 18世紀風刺文学の代表作。ライプニッツの予定調和説に対する批判と,リスボンの大地震 (1755) の際にルソーとの論争の種となった神の摂理の問題に対する回答を兼ねた小説。主人公カンディドはさまざまな困難に出会い,何度も破局に陥りながらも屈せず,働く喜びを次第に体得し,ついに「私たちは自分の畑を耕さなくてはなりません」という境地に達する。当時の政治,社会,思想に対する作者の痛烈な批判が,主人公の運命の叙述のうちに示されている。

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