Félix Ravaisson-Mollien

Jean Gaspard Félix Ravaisson - Mollien ( born October 23, 1813 in Namur, the Sambre -et -Meuse, † May 18, 1900 in Paris) was a French philosopher and archaeologist.

Life

Ravaisson studied at the Collège Rollin in Paris. There he earned a degree in philosophy. In 1838 he received his doctorate and became a professor of philosophy at Rennes.

1837 Ravaisson published the first volume of the Essai sur la métaphysique d' Aristote, the second part followed 1846. Criticized in this work and he commented not only the theories of Aristotle and the Peripatetics, but developed a modern system of philosophy. His philosophy belongs to the school of Victor Cousin, with whom he corresponded in many important respects.

In the fall of 1839 Ravaisson went to Munich to hear, amongst other things, lectures by Friedrich Schelling.

From 1839 to 1844 and from 1847 to 1852 Ravaisson was inspector general of public libraries in the country. In 1852 he was appointed Inspector General for the universities. He became in 1849 a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and in 1899 a member of the Academy of Sciences morales et politiques. In 1870 he was curator of antiquities of the Louvre Museum. He wrote some articles for the Revue Archéologique and the Mémoires de l' Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres.

Publications (selection)

• De l' habitude, Paris, Imprimerie de H. Fournier 1838 Voltext (PDF, 307 kB) German: Gerhard Funke ( ed.): Treatise on the habit. Habelt, Bonn 1954.

• Dominique Janicaud. L'Art et les mystères grecs, L' Herne, Paris 1985 It is a collection of various articles or excerpts from articles Ravaisson the subject.