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Pierre Laromiguière

French philosopher
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Born:
Nov. 3, 1756, Livignac, Fr.
Died:
Aug. 12, 1837, Paris (aged 80)

Pierre Laromiguière (born Nov. 3, 1756, Livignac, Fr.—died Aug. 12, 1837, Paris) was a French philosopher who became famous for his thesis on the rights of property in connection with taxation, which he held to be arbitrary and therefore illegal. For the thesis he was censured by the French Parlement. After the French Revolution he was appointed professor of logic at the École Normale and spent the rest of his life in various teaching posts. He became a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques in 1833. Although he was essentially a follower of Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, ...(100 of 167 words)

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