Germaine de Staël and Benjamin Constant: A Dual Biography
by Renee Winegarten
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Germaine de Staël Wikipedia ~ Germaine or Minette was the only child of the prominent Genevan banker and statesman Jacques Necker who was the DirectorGeneral of Finance under King Louis XVI of mother was Suzanne Curchod also of Swiss birth who hosted in Rue de la ChausséedAntin one of the most popular salons of Paris Mme Necker wanted to educate her daughter according to the principles of JeanJacques
Benjamin Constant — Wikipédia ~ Benjamin Constant de Rebecque né à Lausanne le 25 octobre 1767 et mort à Paris le 8 décembre 1830 inhumé au cimetière du PèreLachaise 1 est un romancier homme politique et intellectuel français dorigine vaudoise Républicain et engagé en politique depuis 1795 il soutient le Coup dÉtat du 18 fructidor an V 4 septembre 1797 puis celui du 18 Brumaire an VIII 9
Secularism Wikipedia ~ Secularism as defined in the MerriamWebster dictionary is the indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations As a philosophy secularism seeks to interpret life on principles taken solely from the material world without recourse to religion In political terms secularism is the principle of the separation of government institutions and persons
