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| | Biography of Gobineau, Joseph Arthur, comte de (Count of) |
 | | Biography of Gobineau, Joseph Arthur, comte de (Count of) |
 | | His diplomatic career led him from Switzerland to Paris, then from Greece to Sweden, where he found material for his works, Traité des Ecritures Cunéiformes (1864), Religions et philosophie dans l'Asie Centrale (1865), Souvenirs de voyage (1872), and Les Nouvelles Asiatiques (1876). |
 | | He is best known for Essai sur l'inégalité des races humaines (4 vols, 1853–5, Essay on the Inequality of Human Races), arguing that racial composition determines the fate of civilization, from which the Nazi ideology drew misguided inspiration. |
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