GABRIEL BONNOT DE MABLY
\ɡˈabɹiːə͡l bˈɒnɒt də mˈe͡ɪblɪ], \ɡˈabɹiːəl bˈɒnɒt də mˈeɪblɪ], \ɡ_ˈa_b_ɹ_iː__əl b_ˈɒ_n_ɒ_t d_ə m_ˈeɪ_b_l_ɪ]\
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A French publicist, brother of Condillac; born at Grenoble, March 14, 1709; died in Paris, April 23, 1785. The admiration of antiquity prevalent during the French Revolution was largely due to his "Parallel between the Romans and the French" (1740), "Observations on the Romans" (1751), and "Observations on the History of Greece" (1766). His "Conversations of Phocion" (1763) has been said to contain the germ of modern communism. (Collected Works, 1879.)
By Charles Dudley Warner
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