Vauvenargues, 1715-1747

Occupation
(lcsh) France. Armée--Officers
(lcsh) Authors, French--18th century
Ethicists

found: 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)

found: 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")

found: Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes, 1872-1879:v 2, col. 960 (Introduction a la connoissance de l'esprit humain, by the Marquis de Vauvenargues)

found: 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)

found: 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)

found: 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)