Autograph letter signed "V" : place not specified, to Claude Adrien Helvétius, [1738 Sept. 11].
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French philosopher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Voré [Le Perche], to the Comtesse de Rochefort, 1751 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270473883 Claude Adrien Helvetius, born 1715 in Paris, was a French philosopher. He studied at the College Louis-le Grand, and in 1738 received the lucrative post of farmer-general, which, however, he soon exchanged for the position of chamberlain to the queen. Tiring of the idle and dissipated life of the court, h...
