Voltaire again, and some spontaneity

If Peter Thiel incorporated 'Panglossian' into his vocabulary, maybe you should too! Translation: We'll be reading Voltaire's Candide. The original text is available for free on gutenberg.org. I'll be at the scheduled meeting regardless of RSVPs, study aid in hand.

UPDATE:
I've ordered the study book for Montaigne's Essais. Depending on circumstances we may do that or fall back on Voltaire. Without challenge, no spark , so I'm adding a live English translation challenge.

Could Voltaire have engaged in a straw man in caricaturing Leibniz as Pangloss? Here's some material→https://journals.openedition.org/atlante/pdf/19725. Feel free to share some insight.