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Jean Terrasson, abbé

(1670—1750)


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(1670–1750).

An early freemason and member of the Académie Française and Académie des Inscriptions. He was a champion of the modernes (Dissertation sur l'Iliade d'Homère, 1715) [see Querelle], and wrote ...

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Terrasson, Jean, abbé (1670–1750)
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