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- ↑ Luc Foisneau (éd.), avec Elisabeth Dutartre-Michaut et Christian Bachelier, Dictionnaire des philosophes français du XVIIe siècle: acteurs et réseaux du savoir, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2015, 2138
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