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Constantin-François de Chasseboeuf was born at Craon, Anjou (today in Mayenne) of a noble family on the 3rd of February 1757.
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1: Oeuvres - Les Ruines - Tome I (French Edition)
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"Oeuvres - Les Ruines - Tome I" de Constantin Francois Chasseboeuf Boisgirais Volney. Philosophe et orientaliste français (17571820).
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Les Ruines Ou Méditations Sur Les Révolutions Des Empires (French Edition)
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Voyage En Syrie Et En Egypte, Pendant Les Annees 1783, 1784 Et 1785. T. 1 (Ed.1787) (Histoire) (French Edition)
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Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte, pendant les années 1783, 1784 et 1785. T. 1 / ... par M. C.-F. Volney... Date de l'édition originale: 1787 Sujet de l'ouvrage: Syrie -- Descriptions et voyages -- Ouvrages avant 1800Égypte -- Descriptions et voyages -- Ouvrages avant 1800 Le présent ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la littérature Française mise en place avec la BNF. HACHETTE LIVRE et la BNF proposent ainsi un catalogue de titres indisponibles, la BNF ayant numérisé ces oeuvres et HACHETTE LIVRE les imprimant à la demande. Certains de ces ouvrages reflètent des courants de pensée caractéristiques de leur époque, mais qui seraient aujourd'hui jugés condamnables. Ils n'en appartiennent pas moins à l'histoire des idées en France et sont susceptibles de présenter un intérèt scientifique ou historique. Le sens de notre démarche éditoriale consiste ainsi à permettre l'accès à ces oeuvres sans pour autant que nous en cautionnions en aucune façon le contenu. Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr
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The Ruins: Or, a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires. to Which Is Added, the Law of Nature. Tr. from the French
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Les Ruines, Ou Meditations Sur Les Revolutions Des Empires; Suivies de La Loi Naturelle (Histoire) (French Edition)
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Les ruines, ou Meditations sur les revolutions des empires; suivies de La loi naturelle / C.-F. Volney. precedees d'une Notice sur la vie et les oeuvres de Volney / par Jules Claretie Date de l'edition originale: 1869 Comprend: Notice sur la vie et les oeuvres de Volney Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF. Les oeuvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique. En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles. Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d'un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d'un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction. Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr
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The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires: and the Law of Nature
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Constantin François de Chasseboeuf
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Count de Volney
historian philosopher politician
Education
Initially interested in Law and Medicine, he went on to study Classical languages, and his Mémoire sur la Chronologie d'Hérodote (on Herodotus) rose to the attention of the Académie des Inscriptions and of the group around Claude Adrien Helvétius.
Career
Following an early interest in history and ancient languages, Volney traveled in Egypt and Syria, after which he wrote Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte . . . , 2 vol. (1787; Travels Through Syria and Egypt . . . ). In 1791 his most influential work appeared, Les Ruines, ou méditations sur les révolutions des empires (The Ruins: or a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires). Seeking the origins of civil society and the causes for its dissolution, he saw revolution as a result of the abandoning of the principles of natural law and religion, equality, and liberty.
As a member of the Estates-General in 1789 and the Constituent Assembly in 1790, Volney urged the establishment of the National Guard and the division of France into communes and departments. In 1792 he bought an estate in Corsica, hoping to improve agriculture by the example of intense cultivation. While visiting Paris in 1793 he was, as a Girondist, imprisoned during the Reign of Terror. After his release he served as professor of history at the École Normale (“Normal School”) at Paris (1794), and he also visited the United States from 1795 to 1798. Although he was a senator under Napoleon and was created comte d’empire (1808), he opposed the empire. Louis XVIII created him a peer in 1814.
He died in Paris on the 25th of April 1820.
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Works
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Les Ruines Ou Méditations Sur Les Révolutions Des Empires (French Edition)
(This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)
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The Ruins: Or, a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires. to Which Is Added, the Law of Nature. Tr. from the French
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The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires: and the Law of Nature
(This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 18...)
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Les Ruines, Ou Meditations Sur Les Revolutions Des Empires; Suivies de La Loi Naturelle (Histoire) (French Edition)
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1: Oeuvres - Les Ruines - Tome I (French Edition)
("Oeuvres - Les Ruines - Tome I" de Constantin Francois Ch...)
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Voyage En Syrie Et En Egypte, Pendant Les Annees 1783, 1784 Et 1785. T. 1 (Ed.1787) (Histoire) (French Edition)
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Les Ruines Ou Méditations Sur Les Révolutions Des Empires (French Edition)
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April 25, 1820 (aged 63) -
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France