Lichtenberg's Avertissement, a poster intended to deter the citizens of Göttingen, Germany, from attending the performance of Jacob Philadelphia in 1777, written by which German scientist, satirist, and Anglophile?
Lichtenberg's Avertissement Lichtenberg's Avertissement, written by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, is a poster intended to deter the citizens of Göttingen, Germany, from attending the performance of Jacob Philadelphia in 1777. The performance was supposed to be an exhibition of scientific experiments; however, Lichtenberg considered it to be a magic show. He was angered by the alleged deception and posted the following satire in order to persuade people to avoid the performance. As a result of the extravagant claims that were posted, Philadelphia left Göttingen without giving any exhibitions.
Louis de Jaucourt Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt (] ; 16 September 1704 – 3 February 1779) was a French scholar and the most prolific contributor to the "Encyclopédie". He wrote about 18,000 articles on subjects including physiology, chemistry, botany, pathology, and political history, or about 25% of the entire encyclopaedia, all done voluntarily. In the generations after the "Encyclopédie"'s, mainly due to his aristocratic background, his legacy was largely overshadowed by the more bohemian Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and others, but by the mid-20th century more scholarly attention was being paid to him.