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At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
Alain Badiou
Born: January 17, 1937 (age 87)
Bio: Alain Badiou is a French philosopher, formerly chair of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure and founder of the faculty of Philosophy of the Université de Paris VIII with Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault and Jean-François Lyotard.
Known for:
- Being and event (2001)
- The Communist Hypothesis (2010)
- The meaning of Sarkozy (2008)
- The Adventure of French Philosophy (2012)