A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and NationsWheeler, J. M. (Joseph Mazzini)
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A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations
Wheeler, J. M. (Joseph Mazzini)
Free thought -- Biography
Saint-Glain (Dominique de), French Spinozist, b. Limoges, about
1620. He went into Holland that he might profess the Protestant
religion more freely; was captain in the service of the States,
and assisted on the Rotterdam Gazette. Reading Spinoza, he espoused
his system, and translated the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus into
French, under the title of La Clef du Sanctuaire, 1678. This making
much noise, and being in danger of prosecution, he changed the title to
Ceremonies Superstitieuses des Juifs, and also to Reflexions Curieuses
d'un Esprit Desintéressé, 1678.
Saint-Hyacinthe (Themiseul de Cordonnier de), French writer,
b. Orleans, 24 Sept. 1684. Author of Philosophical Researches,
published at Rotterdam, 1743. Died near Breda (Holland), 1746. Voltaire
published his Diner Du Comte de Boulainvilliers under the name of
St. Hyacinthe.
Saint John (Henry). See Bolingbroke, Lord.
Saint Lambert (Charles, or rather Jean François de), French writer,
b. Nancy, 16 Dec. 1717. After being educated among the Jesuits he
entered the army, and was admired for his wit and gallantry. He became
a devoted adherent of Voltaire and an admirer of Madame du Chatelet. He
wrote some articles in the Encyclopédie, and many fugitive pieces and
poems in the literary journals. His poem, the Seasons, 1769 procured
him admission to the Academy. He published essays on Helvetius and
Bolingbroke, and Le Catéchisme Universel. His Philosophical Works
were published in 1801. Died Paris, 9 Feb. 1803.
Sale (George), English Oriental scholar, b. Kent, 1680, educated
at Canterbury. He was one of a society which undertook to publish a
Universal History, and was also one of the compilers of the General
Dictionary. His most important work was a translation of the Koran,
with a preliminary discourse and explanatory notes, 1734. He was one
of the founders of the Society for the Encouragement of Learning. Died
14 Nov. 1736.
Salieres (A.), contributor to l'Athée, 1870. Has written a work on
Patriotism, 1881.
Sallet (Friedrich von), German pantheist poet of French descent,
b. Neisse (Silesia), 20 April, 1812. An officer in the army, he was
imprisoned for writing a satire on the life of a trooper. In '34 he
attended Hegel's lectures at Berlin, and in '38 quitted the army. He
wrote a curious long poem entitled the Layman's Gospel, in which he
takes New Testament texts and expounds them pantheistically--the God
who is made flesh is replaced by the man who becomes God. Died Reichau
(Silesia), 21 Feb. 1843.
Salmeron y Alonso (Nicolas), Spanish statesman, b. Alhama lo Seco,
1838. Studied law, and became a Democratic journalist; a deputy to the
Cortes in 1871, and became President thereof during the Republic of
'73. He wrote a prologue to the work of Giner on Philosophy and Arts,
'78, and his own works were issued in 1881.
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