Fontenelle

/ fɔ̃tənɛl /

noun

1. FontenelleBernard le Bovier de16571757MFrenchPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Bernard le Bovier de (bɛrnar lə bɔvje də). 1657–1757, French philosopher. His writings include Digressions sur les anciens et les modernes (1688) and Éléments de la géométrie de l'infini (1727)

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It is very likely that the Emperor Kamhi ridiculed this notion as well as Fontenelle.

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But M. Fontenelle is a great deal too uniform: begin where you please, the subject is still the same.

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According to Fontenelle, there is only truth that persuades, and even without requiring to appear with all its proofs.

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Fontenelle, his nephew, presents a minute and interesting description of this great man.

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For Lucien Fontenelle, see our volume xiv, p. 275, note 196.

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