André-François Deslandes
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André-François Boureau-Deslandes (1689–1757) was a French philosopher.
Deslandes has been viewed as an important precursor of the Encylopédistes. 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
.
Deslandes has been viewed as an important precursor of the Encylopédistes. He was appointed Commissioner of the Port of Brest
Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
in 1716, was a corresponding member from La Rochelle
La Rochelle
La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988...
of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres is a French learned society devoted to the humanities, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France.-History:...
, and a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences
Prussian Academy of Sciences
The Prussian Academy of Sciences was an academy established in Berlin on 11 July 1700, four years after the Akademie der Künste or "Arts Academy", to which "Berlin Academy" may also refer.-Origins:...
.
Works
- L'apotheose du beau-sexe, 1712
- Reflexions sur les grands hommes qui sont morts en plaisantant , 1712. English translation by Abel BoyerAbel BoyerAbel Boyer was a French-English lexicographer, journalist and miscellaneous writer.-Biography:Abel Boyer was probably born on 24 June 1667 at Castres, in Upper Languedoc. His father, Pierre Boyer, one of the two consuls or chief magistrates of Castres, had been suspended and fined for his...
, 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