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25 - Antoine-Louis-Claude DESTUTT DE TRACY (1754–1836), philosoph…
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Antoine-Louis-Claude DESTUTT DE TRACY (1754–1836), philosopher, leader of the Ideologues. 2 letters, 1806–1809; 1 page in-8 with address, and 1 page in-4. Auteuil, 30 August [1806], to the philosopher Hyacinthe Azaïs. He is going to read Azaïs’s work [Essai sur le monde]... ‘Your subject is vast; and I have no doubt that [...] you will teach us many curious things about this odd machine we call the world, which we know only through its relationship with another, much smaller machine—as ridiculous as it is admirable—which is our own’... 9 April 1809. ... ‘I do believe, as Condillac said, that all truths are one, and that if one knew the first of them all, one would see that the others are contained within it, are merely its consequences, or, as he puts it, merely different translations. But this first truth—who amongst us will attain it?”...
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About the sale Letters and Autograph Manuscripts – Part I
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Auction time 10/13/2026 at 2:00 PM
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