Candido, ovvero l'ottimismo - Softcover

Voltaire

9781534618114: Candido, ovvero l'ottimismo

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ISBN 10: 1534618112 ISBN 13: 9781534618114

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Candido, ovvero l'ottimismo, spesso contratto in Candido, � un racconto filosofico di Voltaire, in cui l'illuminista francese incarna nella figura del precettore Pangloss il filosofo tedesco Leibniz, intento ad istruire il giovane Candido a vedere il mondo che lo circonda con ottimismo, sebbene si succedano in continuazione controversie e disavventure.

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Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (1694--1778) was one of the key thinkers of the European Enlightenment. Of his many works, "Candide" remains the most popular.
Peter Constantine was awarded the 1998 PEN Translation Award for "Six Early Stories "by Thomas Mann and the 1999 National Translation Award for "The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty-three New Stories." Widely acclaimed for his recent translation of the complete works of Isaac Babel, he also translated Gogol's "Taras Bulba" and Tolstoy's "The Cossacks "for the Modern Library. His translations of fiction and poetry have appeared in many publications, including "The New Yorker, Harper's," and "Paris Review. "He lives in New York City.

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