Condillac

[ kawn-dee-yak ]

noun

1. É·tienne Bon·not de [ey-, tyen, baw-, naw, d, uh], 1715–80, French philosopher.

Condillac

/ kɔ̃dijak /

noun

1. CondillacÉtienne Bonnot de17151780MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Étienne Bonnot de (etjɛn bɔno də). 1715–80, French philosopher. He developed Locke's view that all knowledge derives from the senses in his Traité des sensations (1754)

Example Sentences

Madame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.

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Condillac after the marquis's death had refused to pay tithes to Mother Church and has flouted and insulted the Bishop.

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They crossed the bridge and rode up the gently rising, bare, and rugged ground towards Condillac.

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Monsieur de Garnache assumed that he was in the presence of Marius de Condillac.

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"He is where all those who cross the will of Condillac must sooner or later find themselves," said Marius airily.

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