Where should I start with Voltaire? What are some of your

>>9638398
Candide of course. This is one of those p obvious questions.

I rather like his little histories, and the letters from England, bet FP is the correct P.

I'm reading Candide right now, so I'd say start with that. Probably helps to understand the context though, so don't skip the introduction of whatever edition you get. It's really funny btw. If the beginning feels repetitive, just keep going, it gets more interesting after about the half way point

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Thanks anons, Candide is where I'll begin. I'm excited to begin reading him finally. Should I bothered with his other 10+ works as well?

>>9638441
That's a decision for after Candide (which I think has one of the most powerfully life-affirming ending I've ever read).

>>9638441
The virtue of his works in general is that theyre most all short. If /you want to measure him as other than a satirist, however, youll have to do a little exploring.

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Candide is just a knockoff Rasselas, written by a collective group of illuminati writers that pretend to be one person, like Shakespeare and Samuel Johnson. You're probably better off ditching the construct of Voltaire and just going straight to Stephen King, since they are all the same collective group of families anyway...

>>9638441
I'm a big fan of candide, but like others have said definitely brush up on the context. And check out the Bernstein musical afterwards if you're into that

>>9638616
If you read candide make sure to read a bit of Leibniz to know what Voltaire is talking about and why Voltaire is wrong and a sad cynic

>>9638441
Portable Voltaire should have you covered. But I know the Norton Candide was real insightful for me.