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Senancour, Étienne Pivert de

(Encyclopedia) Senancour, Étienne Pivert deSenancour, Étienne Pivert deātyĕnˈ pēvĕrˈ də sənäNc&oomacr;rˈ [key], 1770–1846, French writer. He is known principally for his autobiographical…

Brewer's: Obermann

The impersonation of high moral worth without talent, and the tortures endured by the consciousness of this defect. (Etienne Pivert de Senancour: Obermann.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Étienne de la Boéce

Étienne de la BoéceI serve you not, if you I follow, Shadowlike, o'er hill and hollow; And bend my fancy to your leading, All too nimble for my treading. When the pilgrimage is done, And we'…

La Boétie, Étienne de

(Encyclopedia) La Boétie, Étienne deLa Boétie, Étienne deātyĕnˈ də lä bôāsēˈ [key], 1530–63, French judge and writer. He served with Montaigne in the Bordeaux parlement and is immortalized in…

Choiseul, Étienne François, duc de

(Encyclopedia) Choiseul, Étienne François, duc deChoiseul, Étienne François, duc deātyĕnˈ fräNswäˈ [key]Choiseul, Étienne François, duc de dük də shwäzölˈ [key], 1719–85, French statesman. After…

Condillac, Étienne Bonnot de

(Encyclopedia) Condillac, Étienne Bonnot deCondillac, Étienne Bonnot deātyĕnˈ bônōˈ də kôNdēyäkˈ [key], 1715–80, French philosopher who developed the theory of sensationalism (i.e., that all…

Guettard, Jean-Étienne

(Encyclopedia) Guettard, Jean-ÉtienneGuettard, Jean-Étiennezhän-ātyĕnˈ gĕtärˈ [key], 1715–86, French geologist, botanist, and natural historian. He was curator of the natural history collection of…

Pasquier, Étienne

(Encyclopedia) Pasquier, ÉtiennePasquier, Étienneātyĕnˈ päkyāˈ [key], 1529–1615, French jurist and man of letters. After study under Jacques Cujas, Pasquier began his legal career in 1549. Always a…