Name Francois-Andre-Adrien Pluquet |
Francois-Andre-Adrien Pluquet (14 June 1716 – 18 September 1790) was a French theologian and philosopher. Best known for his Dictionary of Heresies (1762), he also wrote treatises on determinism, sociability and luxury.
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Pluquet was born in Bayeux. He studied in Caen and Paris, becoming a licencie of the Sorbonne in 1750. He worked as tutor to the abbe de Choiseul, younger brother of the Duc de Choiseul, who provided him with a pension allowing him to pursue independent study.
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