Jean-Baptiste de Boyer Marquis d'Argens | |
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Born | Aix-en-Provence, France | 24 June 1704
Died | 11 January 1771 Château de La Garde, Toulon, France | (aged 66)
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Era | Age of Enlightenment |
Region | French philosophy |
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Jean-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 Frederick the Great.