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  • (Philosophes médiévaux 16), Louvain: Publications Universitaires, 1976.

    The Statue of a Writer 2009

  • In an era that included such figures as Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Antoine Lavosier, as well as the French Philosophes, Priestley still remains an intellectual giant.

    Archive 2009-06-14 SeattleDan 2009

  • Philosophes were fascinated by these appealing animals and celebrated their busy lives, collective labor, and social ethic.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Philosophes were fascinated by these appealing animals and celebrated their busy lives, collective labor, and social ethic.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Dictionnaire des Philosophes Antiques, i, (Paris 1989) 326-30

    Arcesilaus Brittain, Charles 2005

  • Philosophes and deists use mythic pluralism or analo - gies to embarrass orthodox Christianity.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas BURTON FELDMAN 1968

  • This little incident was made much use of at a later day by the _Philosophes_, and Voltaire worked it up into "Le Dépositaire."

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Various

  • [390] J.J. Mounier, _De l'Influence attribuée aux Philosophes, aux

    Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

  • [592] _De l'Influence attribuée aux Philosophes, aux Francs-Maçons et aux Illuminés sur la, Révolution de France_, par J.J. Mounier (1822), p. 181.

    Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918

  • _Dict. des Philosophes_, _Dict. anti-philosophe_, his own _Dict. theologique_, etc., besides many other writings against the new philosophy in general.

    Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France Max Pearson Cushing 1918

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