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Antoine Louis Claude, Comte Destutt de Tracy (1754–1836)
Destutt de Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude, Count (de-stüt’ dė tra-sē’). A French philosophical and metaphysical writer; born in Paris, July 20, 1754; died there, March 10, 1836. Though in repeated peril during the French Revolution, he survived to write ‘Elements of Ideology’ (1817) a development of Condillac’s philosophy. His ‘Delineation of the Politics of the World’s Nations’ (1820), and prior works, received considerable notice in this country through Jefferson’s praise in his letters.