Vauvenargues, 1715-1747

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Name (Hebrew)
וובנארג, לוק דה קלאפייה
Name (Latin)
Vauvenargues, 1715-1747
Other forms of name
De Clapiers de Vauvenargues, Luc, marquis, 1715-1747
De Clapiers, Luc, marquis de Vauvenargues, 1715-1747
De Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers, marquis, 1715-1747
Vovenarg, Li︠u︡k de Klapʹe de, 1715-1747
De Clapiers de Vauvenargues, Luc, marquis de, 1715-1747
Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de, 1715-1747
Clapiers de Vauvenargues, Luc de, marquis de, 1715-1747
De Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de, 1715-1747
De Clapiers, Luc, marquis de, 1715-1747
Date of birth
1715
Date of death
1747
Place of birth
Aix-en-Provence (France)
Place of death
Paris (France)
Field of activity
France--Armed Forces
French literature--18th century
Associate group
France. Armée
Occupation
France.Armée--Officers
Authors, French--18th century
Ethicists
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
מקום לידה: אקס-און-פרוואנס AIX-EN-PROVENCE], צרפת]
מקום לידה: Aix-en-Provence
תאריך לידה: 16.8.1715
מקום פטירה: פאריס
מקום פטירה: Paris
תאריך פטירה: 28.5.1747.
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 64016636
Wikidata: Q551730
Library of congress: n 50080905
Sources of Information
  • Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes, 1872-1879:v 2, col. 960 (Introduction a la connoissance de l'esprit humain, by the Marquis de Vauvenargues)
  • BnF authorities, October 21, 2013(authorized access point: Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers (1715-1747 ; marquis de); born 1715-08-06, died 1747-05-28; French author)
  • Des lois de l'esprit, 1997:t.p. (Vauvenargues) cover p. 4 (Vauvenargues (Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de); b. Aix-en-Provence, 1715; d. Paris, 1747)
  • Dusha i telo, 2000:t.p. (Li︠u︡k de Klapʹe de Vovenarg)
  • French Wikipedia, October 21, 2013(Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues; born Aix-en-Provence, August 5, 1715, died Paris, May 28, 1747; French author, moralist and aphorist; served in French army for ten years; moved to Paris, 1745, and began a writing career, encouraged by Voltaire and others; published Introduction à la connaissance de l'esprit humain anonymously, 1746, with "Réflexions" and "Maximes"; Voltaire encouraged him to revise the work and the 2nd edition was published posthumously in 1747)
  • Introduction a la connoissance de l'esprit humain, 1747(name not given)
  • OCLC, October 21, 2013(usage chiefly Vauvenargues; also: Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues; Luc de Clapiers, Marquis of Vauvenargues; Luc de Clapiers de Vauvenargues)
  • Voltaire. Éloge funébre des officiers qui sont morts dans la guerre de 1741, in La tragédie de Sémiramis, 1749:page 155 ("M. de Vauvenargues, long-temps capitaine au régiment du Roy")
  • LCN
  • Record enhanced with data from Bibliography of the Hebrew Book database
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Wikipedia description:

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (French: [vovnaʁɡ]; 6 August 1715 – 28 May 1747) was a French writer and moralist. He died at age 31, in broken health, having published the year prior—anonymously—a collection of essays and aphorisms with the encouragement of Voltaire, his friend (20 years his senior). He first received public notice under his own name in 1797, and from 1857 on, his aphorisms became popular.

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