French philosopher (1754–1840)
Louis Gabriel Ambroise, Vicomte de Bonald (French: [lwi də bɔnald]; 2 October 1754 – 23 November 1840) was a French counter-revolutionary[1] philosopher and politician. He is mainly remembered for developing a theoretical framework from which French sociology would emerge.[2][3][4][5]
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