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French writer and philosopher of the enlightenment (1657–1757)

Also known as: Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, Bernard de Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bouyer Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier, Bernard Le Bovije Fontenel, Bernardo di Fontenelle

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Known works

Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes (1686)
Essais de theodicée, oder, Betrachtung der Gütigkeit Gottes, der Freyheit des Menschen und des Ursprungs des Bösen
La republique des philosophes
Nouveaux dialogues des morts (1683)
Herrn Bernhards von Fontenelle ... Auserlesene Schriften (1760)