Kevin
05-24-2005, 06:07 PM
The main purpose of this book is not to refute that everything happens for the best, as Leibniz had asserted at the time. Instead Voltaire, with some good natured ribbing, establishes what most of us know innately but what many often ignore. I assert that the main theme of this book is simply that one should not waste time in excessive analysis of ones life but instead to simply live it. This is clearly show in the last words of candied: "Excellently observed," answered Candide; "but let us cultivate our garden."