Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde - Lettres curieuses

Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde (30 August 1648, in

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– 26 April 1734), abbé de Bellegarde, was a French

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for 15 years, before joining

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's order. He was the author of a number of works on ethics, religion, and education, which included ''Réflexions sur le ridicule'' (1696) and ''Réflexions sur la politesse des mœurs'' (1698).

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