Candide; or Optimism - format ePub

Extrait : "ÉGESTE : De nos malheurs enfin le ciel a pris pitié ; Il resserre aujourd'hui notre antique amitié. Quand la paix réunit Carthage et Syracuse, Peux-tu verser des pleurs aux bords de l'Aréthuse...

Extrait : "COUCY : Digne sang de Gesclin, vous qu'on voit aujourd'hui Le charme des Français dont il était l'appui, Souffrez qu'en arrivant dans ce séjour d'alarmes, Je dérobe un moment au tumulte des...

Extrait : "ALVAREZ : Du conseil de Madrid l'autorité suprême Pour successeur enfin me donne un fils que j'aime. Faites régner le prince et le Dieu que je sers Sur la riche moitié d'un nouvel univers :...

'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' - that's the essence of Voltaire's 'Candide'. For, like the ever-upbeat character in 'Monty Python's Life of Brian', the eponymous Candide is taught that everything...

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...

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'The prince of philosophical novels' John UpdikeIn Candide, Voltaire threw down an audacious challenge to the philosophical views of the Enlightenment to create one of the most glorious satires of the...

Candide ou l'Optimisme est un conte philosophique de Voltaire paru à Genève en janvier 1759. Il a été réédité vingt fois du vivant de l'auteurn, ce qui en fait un des plus grands succès littéraires français....

I - Le texte en version intégrale. Candide ou l'Optimisme est un conte philosophique de Voltaire paru à Genève en janvier 1759. Il a été réédité vingt fois du vivant de l'auteur, ce qui en fait un des...

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Extrait : "C'est un mot grec qui signifie atteinte à la réputation. Blasphemia se trouve dans Démosthène. De là vient, dit Ménage, le mot de blâmer. Blasphème ne fut employé dans l'Église grecque que...

EXTRAIT : "TRANSTAMARE : De la cour de Vincenne aux remparts de Tolède, Tu m'es enfin rendu, cher et prudent Almède. Reverrai-je en ces lieux ce brave du Guesclin ? ALMEDE : Il vient vous seconder. TRANSTAMARE...

Extrait : " LISOIS : Souffrez qu'en arrivant dans ce séjour d'alarmes, Je dérobe un moment au tumulte des armes : Le grand cœur d'Amélie est du parti des rois ; Contre eux, vous le savez, je sers le duc...

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Extrait : "ÉGESTE : De nos malheurs enfin le ciel a pris pitié ; Il resserre aujourd'hui notre antique amitié. Quand la paix réunit Carthage et Syracuse, Peux-tu verser des pleurs aux bords de l'Aréthuse...

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