See Also: Fleury, Andre-Hercule de(encyclopedia)
Poirot, Hercule(dictionary)
Centre hospitalier de Fleury(health)
relativism(dictionary)
relativism(dictionary)
relativism(encyclopedia)
ethical relativism(encyclopedia)
Watts, Andre(encyclopedia)
Maurois, Andre(encyclopedia)
Kertesz, Andre(encyclopedia)

Fleury, Andre-Hercule de (sh) and relativism (iou)


Fleury, Andre-Hercule de (sh)




born June 22, 1653, Lodeve, France
died Jan. 29, 1743, Paris

French cardinal and chief minister of Louis XV (1726-43).

A priest, he was made almoner (distributor of alms) for Louis XIV. In 1715 he was appointed tutor for the future Louis XV, who later created Fleury a cardinal and minister of state (1726). Domestically, Fleury restored economic and financial stability to France; in foreign policy, his efforts prevented the hostilities between Spain and Britain in 1727 from becoming a European conflict. Drawn into the War of the Polish Succession (1733-38) on the side of Stanis?aw I, Louis's father-in-law, he was able to limit the conflict's scope.


relativism (iou)



relativism noun. M19.
[from RELATIVE + -ISM.]
Chiefly Philosophy. The doctrine or theory that knowledge, truth, morality, etc., are relative and not absolute.
cultural relativism the theory that there are no objective standards by which to evaluate a culture, and that a culture can only be understood in terms of its own values or customs; the practice of studying a culture from this viewpoint. ethical relativism the theory that there are no universal or objective ethical standards, and that each culture develops its own. historical relativism the theory that there can be no objective standard of historical truth, as the interpretation of data will be affected by subjective factors.