Saint-Simon,
Comte de (Claude Henri de Rouvroy) 1760-1825; Fr. social philosopher
Saint-Simon,
Duc de (Louis de Rouvroy) 1675-1755; Fr. courtier & writer
See Saint-Simon in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(săɴ-sē-mōɴˈ), Comte de. Title of Claude Henri de Rouvroy. 1760-1825.
French thinker who advocated a society governed by technocrats, in which poverty would be abolished and religion replaced by rationalism. Among his works are The New Christianity (1825).
, Duc de. Title of Louis de Rouvroy. 1675-1755.
French diplomat and writer whose memoirs of the court of Louis XIV are a valuable historical source.