Joseph de Maistre, French philosopher, lawyer, and diplomat (died 1821)

Joseph de Maistre

Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat (1753–1821)

Joseph Marie, comte de Maistre was a Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, diplomat, and magistrate. One of the forefathers of conservatism, Maistre advocated social hierarchy and monarchy in the period immediately following the French Revolution. Despite his personal and…