1. Candide
... negative effects of the disease. (526) The multitudes of disasters, which Candide endures, culminate in his eventual, if temporary, abandonment of optimism. When asked "What's optimism?" by Cacambo, Candide replies, "Alas it is a mania for saying things are well when one is in hell." (555) Candide finally begins to recognize the futility of his dear Pangloss?philosophy. Voltaire concludes Candide by ... ...
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