JEAN BAPTISTE LE ROND D' ALEMBERT
\d͡ʒˈiːn baptˈiːst lə ɹˈɒnd dˈiː ɐlˈɛmbət], \dʒˈiːn baptˈiːst lə ɹˈɒnd dˈiː ɐlˈɛmbət], \dʒ_ˈiː_n b_a_p_t_ˈiː_s_t l_ə_ ɹ_ˈɒ_n_d d_ˈiː__ ɐ_l_ˈɛ_m_b_ə_t]\
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An eminent French philosopher, mathematician, and man of letters; born in Paris, Nov. 16, 1717; died there, Oct. 9, 1783. His treatises on mathematical and physical problems brought him celebrity while yet under middle age. For the great French "Encyclopedia" he wrote the admirable "Preliminary Discourse" or introduction. Among his works of more or less popular or literary character may be named "Literary and Philosophical Miscellanies" and "Elements of Philosophy".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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