What FW originally saw in Keyserlingk: actually, if K was the type of be friendly and charming to everyone, he might have charmed FW as well. Despite being short, not tall. I mean: FW had affective needs, too, and was far from immune to likeable cultured people
I mean, I'd been wondering the same thing as felis for years now, so this makes as much sense as anything.
You can also do what Klepper did and argue that appointing people like Duhan and Keyserlingk wasn‘t unintentional but intentional on FW‘s part in that he wanted to appoint teachers and governors whom Fritz would like, so he would enjoy learning from them.
Hmmm. Duhan maybe, but by the time Keyserlingk came along (1728, I think), was FW trying to make Fritz happy? I feel like we were in straight up "break his will so he only loves and confides in me" and "I know other people put ideas in his head that are not mine" mode. But I'm open to counterarguments.
But FW was paranoid post August of 1730 in this regard as well as in all other, and he may have suspected without being able to prove anything, much like he never really stopped believing in the Clement plot.
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Re: Keyserlingk, sensational gossip, and Royal Reader request
Honest: You got it.
What FW originally saw in Keyserlingk: actually, if K was the type of be friendly and charming to everyone, he might have charmed FW as well. Despite being short, not tall. I mean: FW had affective needs, too, and was far from immune to likeable cultured people
I mean, I'd been wondering the same thing as
You can also do what Klepper did and argue that appointing people like Duhan and Keyserlingk wasn‘t unintentional but intentional on FW‘s part in that he wanted to appoint teachers and governors whom Fritz would like, so he would enjoy learning from them.
Hmmm. Duhan maybe, but by the time Keyserlingk came along (1728, I think), was FW trying to make Fritz happy? I feel like we were in straight up "break his will so he only loves and confides in me" and "I know other people put ideas in his head that are not mine" mode. But I'm open to counterarguments.
But FW was paranoid post August of 1730 in this regard as well as in all other, and he may have suspected without being able to prove anything, much like he never really stopped believing in the Clement plot.
Yeah, that makes sense too.