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en-wikipedia-org-5033		Frederick the Great - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	18165	2294	69	In the remaining years of the war, Frederick faced a coalition of enemies including Austria, France, Russia, Sweden, and the Holy Roman Empire.,[98] and he was only supported by Great Britain and its allies Hesse, Brunswick, and Hanover.[99] He suffered some severe defeats and his kingdom suffered repeated invasions, but he always managed to recover.[100] His position became even more desperate in 1761 when Britain, having achieved victory in the American and Indian theatres of the war, ended its financial support for Prussia after the death of King George II, Frederick's uncle.[101] On 6 January 1762, he wrote to Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein, "We ought now to think of preserving for my nephew, by way of negotiation, whatever fragments of my territory we can save from the avidity of my enemies".[102] With the Russians slowly advancing towards Berlin, it looked as though Prussia was about to collapse.[103] Frederick's goal was to make Berlin a European cultural centre that rivalled London and Paris in the arts and sciences.[250] To accomplish this goal, he invited numerous intellectuals from across Europe to join the academy, made French the official language and made speculative philosophy the most important topic of study.[251] The membership was strong in mathematics and philosophy and included Immanuel Kant, Jean D'Alembert, Pierre Louis de Maupertuis, and Étienne de Condillac.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5033.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5033.txt