Again, I'm delighted to see you doing research and telling us about it! Akakia is definitely on my list, but as Selena says, we lack so much context.
:D I'm going to blame Selena for having a great fic prompt :D
Alas, this sounds like just the job for a royal detective, but the royal detective is AWOL. Fortunately, it should be just a few more days until I can be more active in salon again.
Yay!
Hahahaha, let me put it this way: if *I* had led the polar expedition to measure the circumference of the Earth, you woudl be hearing about it on every occasion, whether to the purpose or not. :'D
Ha! Yes, I was also laughing at Voltaire here -- I think this bit reveals more about Voltaire than it does about Maupertuis :D
Re: The Diatribe of Doctor Akakia
:D I'm going to blame Selena for having a great fic prompt :D
Alas, this sounds like just the job for a royal detective, but the royal detective is AWOL. Fortunately, it should be just a few more days until I can be more active in salon again.
Yay!
Hahahaha, let me put it this way: if *I* had led the polar expedition to measure the circumference of the Earth, you woudl be hearing about it on every occasion, whether to the purpose or not. :'D
Ha! Yes, I was also laughing at Voltaire here -- I think this bit reveals more about Voltaire than it does about Maupertuis :D