a French Benedictine, was born at Montireau, near Chartres, in 1636, and died at St. Denis, April 4, 1711. After having served in the army, he embraced a monastic life at the age of twenty-three. In spite of his controversies with Bossuet, Malebranche, Arnauld, Nicole, Duguet, and others, he was highly esteemed by all who knew him for his sincerity and piety. He wrote, De la Connaissance de Soi-Meme (Paris, 1694-98, 6 volumes; improved ed. 1700): — Le Nouvel Atheisme Reverse, Contre Spinlosa (1696): — Vrit Evidente de la Religion Chretienne (1694): — Des Sentiments de Piete sur la Profession Religieuse (1697): — Lefons de la Sagesse sur l'Engagenment au Service de Dieu (1703): — L'Incredule Amenze la Religionpar la Raison (1710): — Les Gemissements de l'Ame sous'la Tyrannie du Corps (1700): — Conjectures sur Divers Effets du Tonnerre (1689). See Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v. (B.P.)