Scipion Dupleix

Scipion Dupleix (* 1569 in Condom, † May 1661 ) was a French philosopher, historian and linguist.

Life and work

Dupleix was part of the intellectual area of Margaret of Valois. 1605 he went to Paris with her and was an educator of Antoine de Bourbon, comte de Moret ( 1607-1632 ). 1619 named him Louis XIII. the official historian of France. He was a member of Richelieu.

Dupleix ' philosophical textbooks were often hung up and re- released at the end of the 20th century. His historical works, especially the contemporary history were sometimes controversial.

In the Romance languages ​​Dupleix is known as " remarqueur ", ie. Than participants in a discussion of the Remarques sur la langue Francoise ( 1647) by Claude Favre de Vaugelas His contribution is the extensive book Liberté de la langue française dans sa pureté et du sieur de Discussion of Remarques sur la Vaugelas mesme langue ( 1651). In the preface he explains that he actually holds a 80 -year-old philosopher and historian, tackling the most " bagatelles de grammaire " beneath his scholarly dignity. After reading Vaugelas he is involved but against its restrictive purism and for more freedom in the use of language. He defended especially many useful old words. Vaugelas ' usage- term he considers wrong, as well as its focus on the language of the court. The book of Dupleix consists of three parts, a theoretical introduction, a dictionary of all critically annotated by him Vaugelas notices, as well as a reprint of remarks, which he agrees.

Works

Philosophy

  • La Physique ou science naturelle divisée en huit livres, Paris 1603, ed. by Roger Ariew, Paris 1990
  • La Logique ou art de discourir et raisonner, Paris 1604, ed. by Roger Ariew, Paris 1984
  • La Métaphysique ou science surnaturelle, Paris 1610, ed. by Roger Ariew, Paris 1992
  • L' Ethique ou philosophie morale, Paris 1617, ed. by Roger Ariew, Paris 1994
  • Corps of Philosophy, 2 vols, Paris 1620, Geneva 1627

History

  • Mémoires of the Gauls depuis le déluge jusqu'à l' établissement de la monarchy française, Paris 1619
  • Histoire générale de France avec l' état ​​de l'Eglise et de l'Empire, 3 vols, Paris 1621-1628
  • Inventaire of erreurs, fables et desguisemens remarquables en l' histoire de l' inventaire général de France de Jan de Serres, Paris 1625
  • Histoire de Henry III, roy de France et de Pologne, Paris 1630
  • Histoire de Henry le Grand, IVe nom du roy de France et de Navarre, Paris 1632
  • Histoire de Louis le Juste, XIIIe nom du roy de France et de Navarre, Paris 1635
  • Philo Time, ou examination of the notes d' Aristarque, sur l' histoire des rois Henry Louis le Grand et le Juste, composée par M. Scipion Dupleix, Paris 1637
  • Histoire romaine depuis la fondation de Rome, 3 vols, Paris 1638-1643
  • Epitome de l' histoire de France, Histoire générale de l' tiré de Scipion M. Dupleix, 2 vols, Paris 1647
  • Continuation de l' histoire de Louis le Juste du règne, XIIIe du nom, Paris 1648

Language

  • Liberté de la langue française dans sa pureté et du sieur de Discussion of Remarques sur la Vaugelas mesme langue, Paris 1651, Geneva, 1973 ( 704 pages register)

Other works

  • Les Loix and Military touchant le duel, Paris 1602
  • La curiosité naturelle rédigée en questions selon l' ordre alphabétique, Paris 1606
  • Les Causes de la veille et du sommeil, the songes et de la vie et de la mort, Paris 1606
Condom (disambiguation)
718530
de