biography
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Arnauld, Antoïne
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known as the Great Arnauld
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pronunciation:
[ah(r)noh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1612–94)
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| biography:
| Theologian, philosopher, lawyer, and mathematician, born in Paris, France. Ordained in 1641, he was the last child of the prominent Arnauld family which was closely linked to the history of Jansenism and Port-Royal, in Paris. He attacked the Jesuits in his De la fréquente Communion (1643) and supported Jansenius' work, the Augustinus. He was a controversialist, and his activities as head of the Jansenists led to his expulsion from the Sorbonne, persecution, and ultimately refuge in Belgium. He also wrote La Grammaire générale et raisonée (1660) and La Logique de Port-Royal (1662), a collaboration with Pascal and Pierre Nicole (1625–95). He returned to the Netherlands in 1679, where he later died. |
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