''Doctor Akakia'' (French: ''Histoire du Docteur Akakia et du Natif de St Malo'', 1752–1753) is a satirical book of a very biting nature by
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit ...
, directed against pretentious pedants of science in the person of
Maupertuis, the President of the
Royal Academy of Sciences at
Berlin
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. It so excited the anger of
Frederick the Great
Frederick II (; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled ''King in Prussia'', declaring himself ''King of Prussia'' after annexing Royal Prussia ...
, the patron of the Academy, that "
e ''Akakia'' was officially condemned in Prussia and burned by the public executioner on Christmas Eve of 1752".
References
External links
FACETIE : Histoire du docteur AKAKIA - Partie 1 - Bienvenue chez Monsieur de VOLTAIRE
Histoire du Docteur Akakia et du Natif de St-Malo
1752 books
1753 books
Works by Voltaire
Satirical books
Censored books
Frederick the Great
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