Émile Bréhier
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Life
Bréhier studied at the University of Paris. In 1908 he received his doctorate at the Sorbonne with a dissertation about Philo of Alexandria. From 1910 to 1912 he was Master of Philosophical Conferences at the University of Rennes, and professor of philosophy at the University of Bordeaux from 1912 to 1914.[1] He was Henri Bergson's successor at the University of Paris in 1945. The art historian Louis Bréhier was his brother.
In 1914 Bréhier became a sub-lieutenant in the 344th Infantry Regiment; later he was made knight of the Légion d'honneur.[1] In 1914 he lost his left arm in combat.
Philosophical work
He was an early follower of Bergson; in the 1930s there was an influential view that Bergsonism and Neoplatonism were linked.[2]
He has been called "the sole figure in the French history who adopts an Hegelian interpretation of Neoplatonism",[3] but also a Neo-Kantian opponent of Hegel.[4]
Works
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History of Philosophy
- Histoire de la Philosophie Allemande (1921; 3rd edition updated by Paul Ricœur, 1954)
- Histoire de la Philosophie[5]
- I. — Antiquité et Moyen Âge (1926–28; 3 volumes)
- II. — La Philosophie Moderne (1929–32; 4 volumes)
- Fascicule Supplémentaire: La Philosophie en Orient (1948; with Paul Masson-Oursel)
Essays
- La Théorie des Incorporels dans l'Ancien Stoïcisme (1907)
- Les Idées Philosophiques et Religieuses de Philon d'Alexandrie (1908)
- Chrysippe (1910)
- Schelling (1912)
- Pendant la Guerre (1918)
- La Philosophie de Plotin (1928)
- La Philosophie et son Passé (1950)
- Transformation de la Philosophie Française 1900-1950 (1950)
- Études de Philosophie Antique (1955)
- Les Thèmes Actuels de la Philosophie (1967)
Prefaces
- Lydie Adolphe, La Philosophie Religieuse de Bergson (1946)
- André Henry, Bergson Maitre de Péguy (1948)
Publications
- "Origine des Images Symboliques," Revue Philosophique, Vol. LXXV, 1913, pp. 135–55.
- "La Vérité Spéculative," Revue Philosophique, Vol. LXXVII, 1914, pp. 611–23.
- "L'Acte Symbolique," Revue Philosophique, Vol. LXXXIV, 1917, pp. 345–61.
- "Les Postulats de l'Histoire de la Philosophie," Revue Philosophique, Vol. XCIX, 1925, pp. 48–78.
- "Hellénisme et Christianisme aux Premiers Siècles de Notre Ère," Revue Philosophique, Vol. CIII, 1927, pp. 5–35.
- "Y a-t-il une Philosophie Chrétienne?," Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 2, 1931, pp. 133–62.
- "La Création des Vérités Éternelles dans le Système de Descartes," Revue Philosophique, Vol. CXXIII, 1937, pp. 15–29.
- "L'Etat Présent de la Philosophie d’après les Travaux du Congrès Descartes," Revue Philosophique, Vol. CXXV, 1938, pp. 5–26.
- "Les 'Jugements Naturels' chez Malebranche," Revue Philosophique, Vol. CXXV, 1938, pp. 142–50.
- "L'Idéalisme de Léon Brunschvicg," Revue Philosophique, Vol. CXXXVI, 1946, pp. 1–7.
- "Leibniz et la Discussion," Revue Philosophique, Vol. CXXXVII, 1946, pp. 385–90.
- "Images plotiniennes, Images bergsoniennes," in Les études bergsoniennes, II, 1949.
Translations
- Ennéades, by Plotinus (1924–38)
- Les Stoïciens (1962)
Translated into English
- The Philosophy of Plotinus (1958)
- The History of Philosophy (1963–69; 7 volumes)
- "The Creation of the Eternal Truths in Descartes's System." In: Willis Doney, ed., Descartes: A Collection of Critical Essays (1967)
- "Is There a Christian Philosophy?." In: Gregory B. Sadler, ed., Reason Fulfilled by Revelation: The 1930s Christian Philosophy Debates in France (2011)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bréhier, Emile", The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers, New York, the Encyclopedia Press, 1917, p. 18
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ Paul Andrew Passavant, Jodi Dean, Empire's New Clothes: Reading Hardt and Negri (2004), p. 218.
- ↑ Hankey p. 120 in Jean-Marc Narbonne, W. J. Hankey, Levinas and the Greek Heritage & One Hundred Years of Neoplatonism in France (2006).
- ↑ Bruce Baugh, French Hegel: From Surrealism to Postmodernism (2003), note p. 183.
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References
- Chaix-Ruy, Jules (1953). "Émile Bréhier. La mission du philosophe," Revue de la Méditerranée, Vol. XIII, pp. 387–407.
- Alan D. Schrift (2006), Twentieth-Century French Philosophy: Key Themes And Thinkers, p. 107.
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- 1876 births
- 1952 deaths
- 20th-century French historians
- 20th-century French philosophers
- Contributors to the Catholic Encyclopedia
- Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy
- French historians of philosophy
- French military personnel of World War I
- Greek–French translators
- People from Bar-le-Duc
- University of Paris alumni
- University of Paris faculty
