Author:Constantin François de Chassebœuf

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Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney
(1757–1820)
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French philosopher, historian, orientalist, and politician; first surnamed Boisgirais after his father's estate, but afterwards assumed the name of Volney (which he had created as a contraction of Voltaire and Ferney)

Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney

Works

  • The Ruins, Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires; and, the Law of Nature, a.k.a. The French Citizen's Catechism (various English translations, pub. 1793, 1802, 1851, 1890), translators unknown


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