Robert Desgabets (; 1610–1678) was a French

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and

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, born in

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. He published two book-length philosophical works in his lifetime, (''Considerations on the present state of the controversy concerning the Eucharist'') in 1671 and (''Critique of the critique of the search for truth'') in 1675. In July 1658, Desgabets introduced the concept of

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(human-to-human) or

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(animal-to-human) at a meeting of

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's scientific society, which would later become the

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. He would later publish (''Discourse on the Communication or Transfusion of Blood'') in 1668.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Desgabets, Robert 1610 births 1678 deaths French Benedictines 17th-century French philosophers Catholic philosophers French male writers