RAYNAL, THE ABBÉ

RAYNAL, THE ABBÉ
   French philosopher; wrote "Histoire des Indes" and edited "Philosophic History," distinguished for its "lubricity, unveracity, loose, loud eleutheromaniac rant," saw it burnt by the common hangman, and his wish fulfilled as a "martyr" to liberty (1713-1796).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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