Jean de Silhon (1596 to 1667) was a French philosopher and politician, born at Sos in the Agenais and died in Paris in February 1667. He was a founding member of the Academie francaise and the first to occupy seat 24 in 1634. At the prompting of Cardinal Richelieu he defended the concept of reason of state, arguing that the political necessities under which the State operates mean that it need not always follow normal laws of ethics, such as telling the truth. He described reason of state as a mean between what conscience permits and what affairs require.
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was a French philosopher and politician
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was a French philosopher and politician
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