"Voltaire a écrit son conte philophique 'Candide' afin de critiquer les institutions de son epoque". To what extent do you agree?

Dans son conte Voltaire cherche à critiquer une grande gamme d'institutions politiques, religieuses et sociales... (This essay would go on to examine the various ways in which Voltaire criticises religious and social institutions of his time, as well as arguing that the novel attacks other non-institutional elements of society such as the position of women, warfare and violence and philosophical questions).