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Fénelon

[ feynuh-lawn ]

noun

  1. Fran·çois de Sa·li·gnac de La Mothe [f, r, ah, n, -, swa, d, uh, s, a, lee-, nyak, d, uh, l, a, -, mawt], 1651–1715, French theologian and writer.


Fénelon

/ fenlɔ̃ /

noun

  1. FénelonFrançois de Salignac de La Mothe16511715MFrenchRELIGION: theologianWRITING: writer François de Salignac de La Mothe (frɑ̃swa də saliɲak də la mɔt). 1651–1715, French theologian and writer; author of Maximes des saints (1697), a defence of quietism, and Les aventures de Télémaque (1699), which was construed as criticizing the government of Louis XIV


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One of those persons is Archbishop Fénelon and the other is a common chambermaid.

This would be perfectly in accord with Ramsay's point of view as set forth in his account of his conversion by Fénelon.

But Louvois felt the impropriety as well as Fénelon, and advised the King not thus to commit himself.

Intellectual freedom and honesty were the real reasons of the disgrace of Racine and Fénelon.

Fénelon says, "The curiosity of children is a natural tendency, which goes in the van of instruction."

The king was a wilful child, but it was thought that Fénelon had quite changed his character by his religious influence.

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