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Louis-Jean Lévesque de Pouilly

1691 – 1750

French philosopher

Philosopher Mathematician
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Lived 1691 – 1750 (aged 58). Louis-Jean Lévesque de Pouilly was a French philosopher and mathematician.

Louis-Jean Lévesque de Pouilly (1691, Reims – 1750, Paris) was a French philosopher. A member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, he founded the ESAD de Reims.

Lévesque de Pouilly studied philosophy and literature in Paris. He was a friend of Nicolas Fréret and Lord Bolingbroke, met Isaac Newton in England, and is likely to have hosted David Hume in Reims.

Works Dissertation sur l'incertitude de l'histoire des premiers siècles de Rome, 1723 Théorie des sentiments agréables, 1736.

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Important facts

Born
30 August 1691, Reims
Birth century
17th century
Died
4 March 1750, Reims
Occupation
Philosopher, mathematician
Nationality
France
Also known as
Levesque de Pouilly

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Louis-Jean Lévesque de Pouilly was born on 30 August 1691 in Reims.

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Louis-Jean Lévesque de Pouilly died on 4 March 1750 in Reims.

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Louis-Jean Lévesque de Pouilly was a philosopher and mathematician.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Louis-Jean Lévesque de Pouilly

· Wikidata: Q15435004

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