Louis de Sacy

Louis de Sacy (* 1654 in Paris, † October 26, 1727 ) was a French jurist and writer.

De Sacy was considered Homme de lettres and was a regular guest in various literary salons; but especially from Anne -Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles.

1701 appointed him to the French Academy as successor to the late Toussaint Rose ( armchair 2). He himself followed by after his death in 1727, the writer Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu.

See also: List of members of the Académie française

Works (selection)

• Traité de l' amitié. 1703.
• Traité de la gloire. 1715.

• Pliny the Younger: Lettres de Pline, le Jeune. 1699/1701.
• Trajan: Panegyrique. 1709.