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(Marie Charles Joseph de), French author, a natural son of the Prince de Conti, b. Paris, 15 Aug. 1755. About the age of 24 he was blinded by small pox. He became an intimate friend of the philosophers, and, sharing their views, embraced the revolution with ardor, though it ruined his fortunes. He wrote Philosophical Researches , 1786, edited the posthumous works of D’Alembert, 1799, and worked at a dictionary of the French language. His Jocko , a tale of a monkey, exhibits his keen sympathy with animal intelligence, and in his Philosophical Letters , 1826, he gives anecdotes of Voltaire, Rou eau, D’Alembert, Pechmeja, Franklin, etc. Died at Vauxbuin, near So is sons, 19 Dec. 1833.