Helvétius
Americannoun
noun
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“I disapprove of what you say,” he is said to have written to the philosopher Claude Helvétius, “but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
From Time ● May 5, 2015
Like Helvétius he perceived the advantages which an unpopular philosopher may derive from posthumous publication.
From Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle by Brailsford, Henry Noel
"You do not inquire, then," said I, "after your dear friend, Madame Helvétius; yet she loves you exceedingly: I was in her company not more than an hour ago."
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various
That there was a fund of active animosity for the church, in a generation tutored by Voltaire, Diderot, Helvétius, Holbach, Rousseau and Raynal, none could doubt.
From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville
As he was saying this, the new Madame Helvétius entered with the nectar, and I recognized her instantly as my former American amie, Mrs. Franklin.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
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