Browse Items (1 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Tags: enlightenment Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Excerpt from Candide The excerpt from Candide is one in which Pangloss the philosopher is introduced. Here Voltaire makes clear what he thinks of optimistic philosophy. Interpretation: Voltiare, the greatest voice of the Enlightenment, wrote Candide in 1759 as a… Tags: enlightenment, literature Output Formats atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2