DESTUTT de TRACY (Antoine-Louis-Claude, Count) Paris 1754–18 - Lot 378

DESTUTT de TRACY (Antoine-Louis-Claude, Count) Paris 1754–1836—Philosopher; Colonel in the Penthièvre Regiment; Deputy for the Nobility of the BOURBONNAIS in the Estates-General, Member of the Institut, Senator, Peer of France – Letter to A.S. AUTEUIL, July 16, 1807 – 1 page, large 8vo: “I am very grateful for the lovely gift you were kind enough to give me... I have delayed in expressing my thanks to you only because I have just returned from a short trip, during which I nevertheless tried to educate myself by reading your work. I am delighted that you regard Ideology, Grammar, and Logic as inseparable. I am no less pleased that you distinguish between ideology, texigraphy, and syntax within grammar. All in all, I greatly appreciate your approach to these subjects...”

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