Léon Brunschvicg

Léon Brunschvicg ( born November 10, 1869 in Paris, † 18 January 1944 in Aix- les- Bains ) was a French philosopher and university professor.

Biography

Brunschvicg studied since 1880 at the École normale supérieure and the Sorbonne in Victor Brochard and Émile Boutroux. His dissertation is titled La Modalité du jugement ( 1897). In 1909 he was appointed professor at the Sorbonne, where he taught for over thirty years. During the German occupation of Paris in World War II he was because of his Jewish origin forced out of the city to flee to the unoccupied part of France. He was married to the feminist politician Cécile Brunschvicg, born Kahn ( 1877-1946 ). The marriage produced four children. He was friends after a mutual agreement dissolved controversy with the Catholic philosopher Maurice Blondel.

Brunschvicg philosophy is influenced by Blaise Pascal and the idealist tradition.

Works (selection)

• Spinoza. Alcan, Paris 1894.
• La Modalité du jugement. Alcan, Paris 1897.
• Introduction à la vie de l' esprit. Alcan, Paris 1900.
• L' idéalisme contemporain. Alcan, Paris, 1905.
• Les étapes de la philosophie mathématique. Alcan, Paris, 1912.
• L' expérience humaine et la causalité physique. Alcan, Paris, 1922.
• Spinoza et ses contemporains. 3e édition revue et augmentée. Alcan, Paris 1923 ( The first part here Previous issues in this compilation is the third edition of " Spinoza " (1894 ), the second part is the reprint of articles. 's Not it. ).
• Le progrès de la conscience dans la philosophie occidentale. Alcan, Paris, 1927.
• Descartes et Pascal, lecteurs de Montaigne. La Baconnière, Neuchatel, 1942.