− | '''François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon''', more commonly known as '''François Fénelon''' ([[August 6]] [[1651]]–[[January 7]] [[1715]]), was a [[France|French]] [[Roman Catholic]] [[theology|theologian]], [[poet]] and writer. He today is remembered mostly as one of the main advocates of [[Quietism (Christian philosophy)|quietism]] and as the author of ''[[The Adventures of Telemachus]]'', a scabrous attack on the [[France|French]] [[monarchy]], first published in 1699. | + | '''François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon''', more commonly known as '''François Fénelon''' August 6, 1651-January 7, 1715), was a [[France|French]] [[Roman Catholic]] [[theology|theologian]], [[poet]] and writer. He today is remembered mostly as one of the main advocates of [[Quietism (Christian philosophy)|quietism]] and as the author of ''[[The Adventures of Telemachus]]'', a scabrous attack on the [[France|French]] [[monarchy]], first published in 1699. |
| ==Childhood and Education, 1651-75== | | ==Childhood and Education, 1651-75== |