Date: August 11th, 2026 11:36 PM Author: Hairraiser rigpig
Everything this guy wrote was a NY Times bestseller in Germany, even though the story is full of holes like why did he go to India and what did he do there?
Date: August 11th, 2026 11:37 PM Author: Hairraiser rigpig
In 1671 he almost was jailed for writing in defense of the ideas of René Descartes, against whom a judicial arrest had been issued—an exploit he followed with an "Abrégé de la Philosophie de Gassendi", also not a subject to arouse official approval (1674)