‎LA PLACETTE, JEAN.‎
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‎Amsterdam, Roger, 1709. 8vo. In contemporary full with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Edges of boards gilt. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities. Inner front hinge split. Internally generally nice and clean. (8), 338 pp.‎

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‎Rare first edition of La Placette’s work on the necessity of free will for moral responsibility. Here he refutes Baruch Spinoza’s determinism and defends human freedom arguing that genuine choice is essential for moral accountability. Jean La Placette (1639-1718), known as the Protestant Nicole, was a French Protestant pastor and preacher. He studied theology at Montauban and served as a pastor in Orthez and Nay. In 1685, he left France for Holland and later became pastor of the French Reformed Church in Copenhagen, Denmark. La Placette wrote numerous religious and moral treatises, promoting Reformed orthodoxy.‎