François Garasse

Garasse, François (1585-1631). A Jesuit who was in the forefront of the Counter-Reformation reaction to sceptics, occult writers, and libertins. His Doctrine curieuse des beaux-esprits de ce temps (1623) and his Somme théologique (1625) contain violent attacks on such authors as Vanini, Charron, and Théophile de Viau.

[Ian Maclean]