André-François Deslandes
André-François Boureau-Deslandes (1689–1757) was a French philosopher.
Deslandes has been viewed as an important precursor of the Encylopédistes.[1] He was appointed Commissioner of the Port of Brest in 1716, was a corresponding member from La Rochelle of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences.[2]
Works
- L'apotheose du beau-sexe, 1712
- Reflexions sur les grands hommes qui sont morts en plaisantant , 1712. English translation by Abel Boyer, 1713
- Histoire critique de la philosophie, 1741. English translation, 1756
- Pigmalion ou la statue animée, 1741
- Essay sur la marine et sur le commerce, 1743
- Lettre sur le luxe , 1745
References
- ^ Jean Macary, Masque et lumières au XVIIIe: André-François Deslandes, "citoyen et philosophe," 1689-1757, Springer, 1975. ISBN 9024716985
- ^ André François BOUREAU-DESLANDES
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