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Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, later Marquis d’Argens, was born on 24 June 1704 in the southern French town of Aix-en-Provence. He was the eldest of seven children of Pierre-Jean de Boyer and Angélique de L'Enfant, daughter of Luc de L'Enfant (1656–1729), President of the Regional
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See moreJean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (24 June 1704 – 11 January 1771) was a French rationalist, author and critic of the Catholic church, who was a close friend of Voltaire and spent much of his life in exile at the court of
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See moreD'Argens was part of the mid-18th century Enlightenment movement in France, led by Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Montesquieu,
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See moreWhile several generations of the de Boyer family held the position of Procureur général, they also had a background in the arts. Jean-Baptiste's great-uncle was the poet and dramatist Abbe Claude de Boyer (1618–1698), while his grandfather, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer
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See more• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Argens, Jean Baptiste de Boyer" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
• Gasper, Julia (2013). The Marquis d'Argens: A Philosophical Life. Lexington. ISBN 978-0739182338....
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