Was this the Prussian King who then forced *his* personal religion on his people by
trashing and banning anyone who tried to discuss Analog Additive Synthesis in his
kingdom ;-)

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , Florian Anwander <fanwander@...> wrote:
>
> Hi laryn91
>
> > My suspicion is there's a small but religious group here ( and on AH) that believe
analog
> > must to be sloppy and imprecise. But I suspect most musicians actually want
precision and
> > high quality designs in all their musical instruments and tools.
> There was a king in the 18th century in Prussia (Friedrich the second)
> who stated about the religion of his people: "Everyone should get happy
> in the way he likes" - its not a the way but its the happiness, which
> matters.
>
>
> Florian
>
> PS: In fact the original quote is assumingly from Immanuel Kant and
> "happy" is not a good translation; http://pda.leo.org suggests "beatific"
>