Edgar Quinet

Edgar Quinet ( born February 17, 1803 in Bourg -en- Bresse, † March 27, 1875 in Paris) was a French writer and historian.

As the only child of Jérôme Quinet and Eugénie Rozat Lagis he had a lonely childhood, during which his mother exerted great influence on him. His parents sent Edgar Quinet on the first school in Bourg, later in Lyon. The father wanted his son to a military career, the young Edgar, however, was rather attracted by the literature.

His first work was errant Tablettes du Juif. He was thrilled by Herder history of philosophy, which he began to translate. To this end, he learned German. He published his translation in 1827 and won high praise. During his time at the Collège de France, he met Victor Cousin and Jules Michelet know. In 1846 he was relieved to rate Guizot his reading activity. However, after the February Revolution in 1848, he was allowed to return. He traveled in Germany and England before the publication of his work. Cousin gave him a place to participate in 1828 in the scientific research in Morée. After his return he published " The Modern Greece".

In Paris, where he is buried in the Cimetière Montparnasse, take a boulevard and a metro station its name. Also a street in the center of the Romanian capital Bucharest bears his name.

A well-known quote Edgar Quinet is: instinct is the permanent nature of art