Maistre, Comte Joseph De(1754–1821)
Comte Joseph de Maistre, the Savoyard philosopher and diplomat, was born in Chambéry. After the conquest of Savoy by the French revolutionary forces, ...
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The French political philosopher Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) is considered perhaps the leading contemporary philosophical opponent of the Enlightenment on the European continent.Joseph de Maistre wa...
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One of the chief opponents of the Enlightenment (from the French "siecle de lumières, " or Age of the Enlightened) was Joseph de Maistre, French political philosopher and diplomat. The Enlighte...
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