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Writer Who Did Philosophy The French Way So To Speak Crossword Clue

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99%8Exact Match!
noun

• French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)

• French primitive painter (1844-1910)

30%9Did not get going when everyone else did
verb

• stay too long

• surpass in staying power

27%14 English writer who applied Darwinian principles to philosophy
noun

• English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)

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