Podcasts about Candide

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    Voltaire's Candide

    In Our Time

    42:07 | May 3rd, 2012

    1 recommendation

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Voltaire's novel Candide. First published in 1759, the novel follows the adventures of a young man, Candide, and his mentor, the philosopher Pangloss. Candide was w...Show More

    mm recommended:

    Finally read this classic and been binging on analysis pods. This one was great. Love the woman in this episode because she always grounds the men.

  • 2

    Voltaire by A.J. Ayer

    Lifelines with John Augustine - Delta College Public Radio

    04:30 | May 21st, 2019

    Voltaire was born on the brink of the Age of Enlightenment and became the star of that era.

  • 3

    Ep 420 - Candide, by Voltaire

    Overdue

    46:21 | Jun 15th, 2020

    Candide is a novella-length takedown of the idea that we are living in the best of all possible worlds, as ordained by God. These days it's hard to believe we need a whole book about this but it's pre...Show More

  • 4

    161 Voltaire

    The History of Literature

    1:02:36 | Sep 26th, 2018

    Voltaire was born Francois Marie Arouet in 1694 in Paris, France, the son of a respectable but not particularly eminent lawyer. By the time he died at the age of 83, he was widely regarded as one of t...Show More

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