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Antoine Destutt de Tracy

Antoine Destutt de Tracy

1754–1836

Nationality
France
Occupation
philosopher

Antoine Louis Claude Destutt, comte de Tracy (French: [dɛstyt də tʁasi]; 20 July 1754 – 9 March 1836) was a French Enlightenment aristocrat and philosopher who coined the term "ideology" and was the leading theorist of the idéologues.

Incarceration history

  1. Carmes Prison
    Dates unknown
  2. Prison de l'Abbaye
    Dates unknown

Biography

Antoine Louis Claude Destutt, comte de Tracy (French: [dɛstyt də tʁasi]; 20 July 1754 – 9 March 1836) was a French Enlightenment aristocrat and philosopher who coined the term "ideology" and was the leading theorist of the idéologues.