Candide: Crash Course Literature #405
John Green teaches you about Voltaire's hugely important Enlightenment novel, Candide. Candide tells a pretty wild story, but for the most part, it's about the best of all possible worlds....
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Hello and welcome to Crash Course literature, the best of all possible Crash Courses, discussing the best of all possible novels here on the best of all possible sets. I am the best of all possible John Greens—which is saying something, because there are a lot of us. Today we’re discussing “Candide, or Optimism” a work of fiction by the Enlightenment philosopher François-Marie Arouet, who went by the name Voltaire, because wouldn’t you if you could pull off the one name thing? I’m feeling incredibly optimistic about today’s video. So, let’s get started! [Intro] So, Voltaire was born in Paris in 1694. His dad wanted him to be a lawyer. Voltaire wanted to be a writer. and not for the last time, Voltaire won the argument. And Voltaire wrote a...
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Hello and welcome to Crash Course literature, the best of all possible Crash Courses, discussing the best of all possible novels here on the best of all possible sets. I am the best of all possible John Greens—which is saying something, because there are a lot of us. Today we’re discussing “Candide, or Optimism” a work of fiction by the Enlightenment philosopher François-Marie Arouet, who went by the name Voltaire, because wouldn’t you if you could pull off the one name thing? I’m feeling incredibly optimistic about today’s video. So, let’s get started! [Intro] So, Voltaire was born in Paris in 1694. His dad wanted him to be a lawyer. Voltaire wanted to be a writer. and not for the last time, Voltaire won the argument. And Voltaire wrote a...
