biography
pronunciation:
[vair]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1556–1621)
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| biography:
| Writer and thinker, born in Paris, France. A lawyer, he held important positions under Henry IV and was famed for his oratorical skills. In his important work De la constance et consolation ès calamités publiques (1593) he proposed a fusion of Christianity and Stoicism which was very appealing in those troubled times. His doctrines were adopted by François de Malherbe and others. |
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