Zadig

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Zadig is a philosophical novella by Voltaire that follows the trials of a wise and virtuous Babylonian man to satirize society, religion, and the nature of fate.

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Label Occurrences
Zadig canonical 7
Zadig, ou la Destinée 3
Zadig (1747) 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novella ⓘ
philosophical novella ⓘ
satirical work ⓘ
author Voltaire ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstPublicationPlace Paris ⓘ
genre conte philosophique ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation comic adaptations ⓘ
opera adaptations ⓘ
theatrical adaptations ⓘ
hasCharacter Astarté ⓘ
linked to: Astarte

Hermes ⓘ
Jesrad ⓘ
King Moabdar ⓘ
Sétoc ⓘ
influenced Candide ⓘ
influencedBy Leibnizian optimism ⓘ
theodicy debates ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryTechnique allegory ⓘ
irony ⓘ
parable-like episodes ⓘ
mainCharacter Zadig ⓘ
movement Enlightenment ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle Zadig, ou la Destinée ⓘ
linked to: Zadig
philosophicalContext Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalIssue determinism ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
free will ⓘ
moral luck ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
setting Babylon ⓘ
ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ
structure episodic narrative ⓘ
targetOfSatire arbitrary power ⓘ
judicial institutions ⓘ
organized religion ⓘ
superstition ⓘ
theme fate ⓘ
justice ⓘ
providence ⓘ
religious criticism ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
the nature of happiness ⓘ
the problem of evil ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
workOf Voltaire ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Voltaire → notableWork → Zadig ⓘ
Zadig → originalTitle → Zadig, ou la Destinée ⓘ
linked to: Zadig
Zadig → mainCharacter → Zadig ⓘ
King Moabdar → appearsIn → Zadig, or The Book of Fate ⓘ
linked to: Zadig
King Moabdar → appearsIn → Zadig ⓘ
King Moabdar → partOfWork → court of Babylon in Zadig ⓘ
linked to: Zadig
King Moabdar → firstPublishedInWork → Zadig (1747) ⓘ
linked to: Zadig
Jesrad → appearsIn → Zadig, ou la Destinée ⓘ
linked to: Zadig
Jesrad → appearsIn → Zadig ⓘ
Jesrad → guides → Zadig ⓘ
Zadig & Voltaire → inspiredBy → Zadig, ou la Destinée ⓘ
linked to: Zadig