For 10 points, name this French writer who satirized Leibniz's philosophy in Candide.
This man's feud with Pierre Louis Maupertuis (moh-pair-TWEE), the president of an Academy of Science, resulted in an essay whose copies were all burned by Maupertuis's patron. After spending time in England, this man helped popularize the anecdote of an apple falling on Isaac Newton's head. This man moved to Geneva after breaking from a friend who he assisted in completing and distributing a refutation of The Prince. This man stayed as a guest in the newly-built palace of Sanssouci (sawn-soo-SEE), where he completed the proto-science fiction story Micromégas. This man was tasked as a spy during the War of the Austrian Succession, but came to exchange letters with Frederick the Great. For 10 points, name this French writer who satirized Leibniz's philosophy in Candide.
This man's feud with Pierre Louis Maupertuis (moh-pair-TWEE), the president of an Academy of Science, resulted in an essay whose copies were all burned by Maupertuis's patron.
Voltaire [or François-Marie Arouet] &lt;Shimizu&gt;