Yay, you finished! Do tell when you get to the Bernstein musical, I've never seen it in its entirety, only in excerpts. Re: Leipniz' original argument and Voltaire's issue with it in context of the contemporary debate, this wiki article sums it up pretty well from what I recall - the various Émilie books I read in the past months also touched on it, but they're back in the Stabi library, so I can't look it up again.

Also, "Cacambo explained the king's witty sayings to Candide, and even when translated they still seemed witty. Of all the things which astonished Candide, this was not, in his eyes, the least astonishing." LOL. I wonder if this king writes poems that are actually good :PP

LOL. Maybe that's the true issue Fritz had with Candide, about which he once complained to Catt as I recall.