Re: The case of the indiscreet reader (the other one)

Date: 2020-01-22 05:15 pm (UTC)
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In his pride on this influence, he dropped the remark "le roi m'a dit" ("the king told me") so often that he was finally called at the court only "l'abbé le roi m'a dit".

Heeee!

Voltaire concluded a reflection on the case in a letter to Frederick II with the words "Oh, best of all possible worlds, where are you!"

(German wiki, you should know that if Voltaire uses this particular quote, he's being sarcastic, not dismayed, but apparantly you don't.)

Wait, do we have this letter from Trier? If so, what's the context of the reflection?
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