His father wanted him to pursue a degree in law, but Voltaire chose to devote his life to writing. Before writing Candide, Voltaire went through a lot in his life that probably inspired his seemingly radical views on life, and the rejection of "Optimism-, the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, which sates that the universe is rational. ... Having experienced the wrath of a chaotic world, Voltaire logically concluded that the universe runs unregulated, and presents his philosophy satirically through Candide. ... Candide's family tree is a bit hazy. ... Some may thing that Voltair...

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