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François Fénelon

François Fénelon (1651–1715) was a French Catholic archbishop, theologian, and writer whose Explication des maximes des saints sur la vie intérieure defended a mystical doctrine of disinterested love and

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Christian Theology Treatise on the Existence and Attributes of God (Traité de l’existence et des attributs de Dieu) – François Fénelon François Fénelon

François Fénelon’s philosophical theology argues for God’s existence from nature and the human mind, then examines the divine…

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Classic Literature The Adventures of Telemachus (Les Aventures de Télémaque) – François Fénelon François Fénelon

Fénelon's prose epic follows Ulysses' son as he searches for his father across the Mediterranean, guided by Minerva…

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