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Pierre de La Primaudaye

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Académie française, divisée en dix-huit journées de l'institution des mœurs, et de ce qui concerne le bien et heureusement vivre en tous états et conditions, par les préceptes de la doctrine et les exemples de la vie des anciens sages et hommes
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Suite de l'Académie françoise, en laquelle il est traicté de l'homme et comme par une histoire naturelle du corps et de l'âme
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Les Quatrains du Président Favre, auxquels ont este adjoustez 100 quatrains consolatoires du Sr de La Primaudaye
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Advis sur la nécessité et forme d'un S. Concile pour l'union des Églises chrestiennes en la foy catholique
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La Philosophie chrestienne de l'Academie françoise. Des vrais & seuls moyens de la vie bien-heureuse
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La Primaudaye's work has an essay-like character, with some similarities to
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Les Vrayes consolations et sainctes prières de l'âme fidèle
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This article about a French writer of non-fiction is a
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La Primaudaye came from a large Protestant family in
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Engraving of Pierre de la Primaudaye, dated to 1573
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