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Littré

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[lee-trey] / liˈtreɪ /

noun

  1. Maximilien Paul Émile 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.


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She lives in the rue Babneux not vary far from the rue Littré post-office.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene

It is but fair to say that at this point Littré and many others parted company with Comte.

From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell

Like the rest of us, who are so far beneath M. Littré in grasp and in weight of authority, he was subject to the idola fori, the illusions of the market-place. 

From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew

Galen urges the unity of medicine, and Littré points out that this unity is maintained in the Hippocratic writings.

From Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 by Allbutt, Sir Thomas Clifford

Morality," says Littré, "is the whole collection of rules which determine our conduct towards others.

From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Nordau, Max Simon

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