If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?

Si c'est ici le meilleur des mondes possibles, que sont donc les autres?

Voltaire

Candide

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Topic

Problem of evil

Author

Voltaire

Source

Candide

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Statement Type

Question

Language

French

Time

1759 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Voltaire. Candide. Cramer, 1759, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Voltaire. Candide. Translated by Robert M. Adams. Edited by Nicholas Cronk. W. W. Norton & Co., 2016, ch. 6.

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