Doesn't it just? Among other things, why I don't doubt Voltaire had a variety of self-related motives for his intervention - from possible leftover Émilie-related jealousy to present day Fritz related jealousy -, Maupertuis running the Academy like an absolutist state was bound to stir him into action sooner or later. Voltaire: never met an authority figure or institution in his life he didn't at the very least needle if not actively antagonize.
Terrell gave me the impression that mathematically, Maupertuis was right, but he was wrong to accuse König of forgery.
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Re: Maupertuis
Date: 2020-09-17 07:54 am (UTC)Doesn't it just? Among other things, why I don't doubt Voltaire had a variety of self-related motives for his intervention - from possible leftover Émilie-related jealousy to present day Fritz related jealousy -, Maupertuis running the Academy like an absolutist state was bound to stir him into action sooner or later. Voltaire: never met an authority figure or institution in his life he didn't at the very least needle if not actively antagonize.
Terrell gave me the impression that mathematically, Maupertuis was right, but he was wrong to accuse König of forgery.