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Jean Meslier
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Jean Meslier (15 June 1664 – 17 June 1729) was a person associated with various literary works. His writings include *Superstition in All Ages* (1732), *Le bon sens du curé J. Meslier, suivi de son testament, [par F.M.A. de Voltaire]*, and *Testament de Meslier*. Other titles attributed to him are *Superstition in all Ages* and *Gesunde Menschenverstand Von Pfarrer Jean Meslier*.
Records indicate that Meslier has 21 works listed in one database, while another source lists 9 works. A separate database records 5 works. His name appears in 1,121 other encyclopedia articles. MusicBrainz identifies him as a person, and Last.fm lists one listener with three playcounts for the name Jean MESLIER.
Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Superstition in All Ages (1732)
- Le bon sens du curé J. Meslier, suivi de son testament, [par F.M.A. de Voltaire]
- Testament de Meslier
- Superstition in all Ages
- Gesunde Menschenverstand Von Pfarrer Jean Meslier
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,908x
- Situated Learning
· 1991 · cited 30,548x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,255x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 23,677x
- Numerical integration of the cartesian equations of motion of a system with constraints: molecular dynamics of n-alkanes
· 1977 · cited 19,861x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “How I suffered when I had to preach to you those pious lies that I detest in my heart. What remorse your credulity caused me! A thousand times I was on the point of breaking out publicly and opening your eyes, but a fear stronger than myself held me back, and forced me to keep silence until my death.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Church
- Catholic Church
- Born
- ( 1664-06-15 ) 15 June 1664, Mazerny , Champagne , France
- Died
- 17 June 1729 (1729-06-17) (aged 65), Étrépigny , Champagne, France
- Denomination
- Catholic
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Mazerny
- Place of death
- Étrépigny
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Movement
- freethought
- Image
- J. Meslier (gravure 1802).jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1664-06-15
- date of death
- 1729-06-17
- Commons category
- Jean Meslier
- name in native language
- Jean Meslier
- archives at
- International Institute of Social History
- writing language
- French
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
9 objects attributed to Jean Meslier, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Le testament, 1. 1 éd. orig.
Le testament, 3
Le testament. de Jean Meslier. Ouvrage inédit précédé d'une préface ... par Rudolf Charles. 2
Le testament. de Jean Meslier. Ouvrage inédit précédé d'une préface ... par Rudolf Charles. 1
Le testament. de Jean Meslier. Ouvrage inédit précédé d'une préface ... par Rudolf Charles. 3
Testament de Jean Meslier
Glaube und Vernunft : oder le bon sens des römisch-katholischen Priesters Jean Meslier
Glaube und Vernunft : oder le bon sens des römisch-katholischen Priesters Jean Meslier
Le testament, 2
~12 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Jean Meslier ( French: [melje]; also Mellier; 15 June 1664 – 17 June 1729) was a French Catholic priest (abbé) who was discovered, upon his death, to have written a book-length philosophical essay promoting atheism and materialism. Described by the author as his "testament" to his parishioners, the text criticizes and denounces all religions.
Life
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