So that at length the Priests of Delphos being quite baffled with the railleries of those learned Wits, renounced all Verses, at least as to the spea… - Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
" "So that at length the Priests of Delphos being quite baffled with the railleries of those learned Wits, renounced all Verses, at least as to the speaking them from the Tripos; for there were still some Poets maintain'd in the Temple, who at leisure turned into Verse, what the Divine fury had inspired the Pythian Priestess withal in Prose. It was very pretty, that Men could not be contented to take the Oracle just as it came piping hot from the Mouth of their God. But perhaps, when they had come a great way for it, they thought it would look silly to carry home an Oracle in Prose.
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About Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (February 11, 1657 – January 9, 1757) also called Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle, was a French author noted especially for his accessible treatment of scientific topics during the unfolding of the Age of Enlightenment.
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Native Name:
Bernard Le Bovier, sieur de Fontenelle
Alternative Names:
Bernard Le Bovije Fontenel
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Bernardo di Fontenelle
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Fontenelle
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Bernard Le Bouyer Fontenelle
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M. de Fontenelle
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Kyrios Phontenel
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Bernard Le Bovier
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Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
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The geometrical spirit is not so tied to geometry that it cannot be detached from it and transported to other branches of knowledge. A work of morals or politics or criticism, perhaps even of eloquence, would be better (other things being equal) if it were done in the style of a geometer. The order, clarity, precision and exactitude which have been apparent in good books for some time might well have their source in this geometric spirit. ...Sometimes one great man gives the tone to a whole century; <nowiki>[</nowiki>Descartes], to whom one might legitimately be accorded the glory of having established a new art of reasoning, was an excellent geometer.
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