Candide Ou L'optimismeVoltaire
Candide Ou L'optimisme
by Voltaire · first published 2017
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…helpful. For French, I've used: Penguin Parallel Text French Short Stories 1 and 2. New Penguin Parallel Text Short Stories in French. Dover Dual Language Great French Short Stories of the 20th Century. Candide, ou L'optimisme. These give you enough vocabulary to transition to French-only text or speech without constantly having to refer to a dictionary. The Penguin series also covers other European languages: Spanish, Italian,…
on “How I learned French in 12 months (2020)” ↗Voltaire wrote a whole book to poke fun at the view that this is the best of all possible worlds: Candide, ou l'Optimisme.
on “Philosophy tool kit” ↗