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12016-12-16T15:34:30-08:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673e84765Voltaire writes the satirical essay Diatribe du docteur Akakia attacking Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis’ theories and his abuse of power as president of the Berlin Academy of Science. Voltaire writes Micromégas, a fantasy satirizing the follies of human knowledge.plain2017-09-09T23:48:23-07:001752Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eVoltaire writes the satirical essay Diatribe du docteur Akakia attacking Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis’ theories and his abuse of power as president of the Berlin Academy of Science. Voltaire writes Micromégas, a fantasy satirizing the follies of human knowledge.
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