A Discourse of the Danger of Governing by One Minister
work by Saint-Pierre
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discussed in biography
- In Charles-Irénée Castel, abbé de Saint-Pierre
…political offense given by his Discours sur la polysynodie (1719; A Discourse of the Danger of Governing by One Minister), in which, among other things, he argued that Louis XIV should not be named “the Great,” Saint-Pierre was dismissed from the French Academy.
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