 Complete the following phrase:  Von Boyneburg did much to promote Leibnizs reputation, and the latters memoranda and letters began to attract favorable notice. After Leibnizs service to the Elector there soon followed a diplomatic role. He published an essay, under the pseudonym of a fictitious Polish nobleman, arguing unsuccessfully for the German candidate for the Polish crown. The main force in European geopolitics during Leibnizs adult life was the ambition of Louis XIV of France, backed by French military and economic might. Meanwhile, the Thirty Years War had left German-speaking Europe exhausted, fragmented, and economically backward. Leibniz proposed to protect German-speaking Europe by distracting Louis as follows. France would be invited to take Egypt as a stepping stone towards an eventual conquest of the Dutch East Indies. In return, France would agree to leave Germany and the Netherlands undisturbed. This plan obtained the Electors cautious support. In 1672, the French government invited Leibniz to Paris for discussion, but the plan was soon overtaken by the outbreak of the Franco-Dutch War and became irrelevant. Napoleons 