Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

French bishop and theologian (1627–1704) His GraceJacques-Bénigne BossuetBishop of MeauxPortrait of Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet by Hyacinthe RigaudChurchRoman Catholic ChurchDioceseMeauxSeeCathedral of Saint StephenInstalled17 November 1681Term ended12 April 1704PredecessorDominique de LignySuccessorHenri-Pons de Thiard de BissyPersonal detailsBorn(1627-09-27)27 September 1627Dijon, FranceDied12 April 1704(1704-04-12) (aged 76)Paris, FranceOccupationBishop, writer, tutorAlma materCollege of Navarre, ParisSignature Part of a series onCatholic philosophy Augustine, Aquinas and Scotus Ethics Cardinal virtues Just price Just war Principle of Double Effect Casuistry Probabilism Natural law Personalism Social teaching Liberation theology Christian humanism Virtue ethics Works of mercy Metaphysics Conceptualism Realism Moderate realism Nominalism Quiddity essence nature Haecceity Quinque Viae Predestination Theological determinism Compatibilism Divine Attributes Schools Augustinianism Victorines Lullism Cartesianism Christian Neoplatonism Friends of God Molinism Ressourcement Occamism Scholasticism Second Neo Scotism Thomism Analytic Salamanca Philosophers Ancient Ambrose Athenagoras Atha