Voltaire, Candide
Voltaire wrote Candide in 1759, during the Enlightenment Era.
Voltaire – philosopher, skeptic, poet,
playwright, satirist – was infamous in his time, persecuted and prosecuted,
exiled from France, jailed in the Bastille, reviled and beloved.
Though religious, he had real issues with
many parts of the Christian bible, and particularly with the ways in which that
text was interpreted and used in the world; and he had similar issues with
other religions.
