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Raynal, the Abbé

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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French philosopher; wrote "Histoire des Indes" and edited "Philosophic History," distinguished for its "lubricity, unveracity, loose, loud eleutheromaniac rant," saw it burnt by the common hangman, and his wish fulfilled as a "martyr" to liberty (1713-1796).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Raynal, the Abbé'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​r/raynal-the-abb.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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