Was Voltaire's story "Candide" a spoof on the life of JJ Rousseau?
Reading "Confessions" on audio
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Elevatorpitches · F
@SW-User I think they were rivals of a kind and I also think Im right.
and it adds so much fun and flavor!!
Confessions was the story of one of the literary pre-hippie types in Europe and Voltaire saw the silly infantile side of him,,,I think I understand now
and in so doing maybe he was doing a critique of the whole feelgood attitude that came through in this Romantic protohippie cultural movement known as Romanticism (still yet to come, but soon)
and it adds so much fun and flavor!!
Confessions was the story of one of the literary pre-hippie types in Europe and Voltaire saw the silly infantile side of him,,,I think I understand now
and in so doing maybe he was doing a critique of the whole feelgood attitude that came through in this Romantic protohippie cultural movement known as Romanticism (still yet to come, but soon)