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His mind was rich and lively, but it was unsystematic and inconsistent. He contributed no one major idea to philosophy or the history of thought, but, like Voltaire, was a great popularizer and propagator of the new gospel. It is the reason why in his day he was so profoundly important, and why today he is more likely to be read about than read.
Five years after his death in 1784, the Bastille fell.
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