BIB_ID
299819
Accession number
MA 3874.10
Creator
König, Samuel, 1712-1757.
Display Date
1751 Dec. 10.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. H. P. Kraus, 1979.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22 cm
Notes
Part of a collection 19 letters related to the least action controversy. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see collection-level record for MA 3874 for more information.
Signed "S. Koenig."
Written on mourning paper.
Signed "S. Koenig."
Written on mourning paper.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. H. P. Kraus, 1979.
Summary
Attempting to placate Maupertuis, apologizing for the offense caused by his paper in Acta Eruditorum. Stating that he incorporated into the paper an extract from a Leibniz letter only to note in passing that he had "probably formed a more developed theory of action, of which we were deprived by the fault of his opponents." Reminding Maupertuis that he had sent a copy of the paper to him prior to publication and would have been happy to modify or suppress it entirely, if he had so requested. Authorizing Maupertuis to publish this letter.
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