... is not his love for Cunegonde, but a busy life on a farm, kept occupied by literally cultivating a physical garden. If he had not lost Cunegonde to begin with, Candide would have never persevered through the hardships that allowed him to obtain the pure joy he feels at the end of the novel. The phrase "but let us cultivate our garden,"" represents Candide's transition from promoting the Enlightenment philosophy of optimism to promoting ... would have never discovered that it was agricultural labor, and not love, that made him the happiest. This reflects the phrase "but let us cultivate ...

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... they must necessarily be created for the best end- (12). Everything is the best it could possibly be. Now that the philosophy soon to be satirized has been presented, Candide goes through a chronological series of horrible events that ultimately have him, and his traveling side-kicks, searching for his love Miss Cunegonde. Along the way, many strangers tell their stories of past pain and suffering. It eventually ... turns into to not only a search for Miss Cunegonde, but also a search for happiness in general, all the while Candide is struggling internally over Pangloss' philosophy, and...

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