sentences:  Desfontaines entered the order of Jesuits after being raised by them, and taught rhetoric in Bourges before devoting himself exclusively to letters until 1715.In 1724, he became a contributor to the Journal des scavans, attempting to introduce an amenity of style into his scientific articles, avoiding dryness and pedantry.He then published, with various collaborators such as Élie Fréron, Granet, the Abbé Destrées, periodical collections of criticism