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I put back the Middelberg script as it is found on most current maps and plans. But Prof. Paul Bouts, whose native language was Flemish, always wrote "Middenberg", notably on the back of the postcard of the Villa "El Sol". More research is needed into this apparent anomaly. |
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Bouts continued his research in the field with the [[paleoanthropology|paleo-anthropological]] work ''Les Grandioses Destinées Individuelle et Humaine dans la Lumière de la Caractérologie et de l'Evolution cérébro-cranienne''. In this work he developed a [[teleology|teleological]] and [[orthogenesis|orthogenetical]] view on a ''perfecting evolution'', from the [[paleo-encephaly|paleo-encephalical]] skull shapes of [[prehistory|prehistoric man]], which he considered still prevalent in [[criminal]]s and savages, towards future perfection. |
Bouts continued his research in the field with the [[paleoanthropology|paleo-anthropological]] work ''Les Grandioses Destinées Individuelle et Humaine dans la Lumière de la Caractérologie et de l'Evolution cérébro-cranienne''. In this work he developed a [[teleology|teleological]] and [[orthogenesis|orthogenetical]] view on a ''perfecting evolution'', from the [[paleo-encephaly|paleo-encephalical]] skull shapes of [[prehistory|prehistoric man]], which he considered still prevalent in [[criminal]]s and savages, towards future perfection. |
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After the [[Second World War]], Bouts |
After the [[Second World War]], Bouts experienced serious health problems, due to overburdening. These enticed him to study a healthy lifestyle, which he described in his work ''Modern Hygiene of Intellectuals'' (published in French as ''Hygiène Moderne des Intellectuels'', and in Dutch under the title ''Ik ben nooit moe'', i.e. ''I am never tired''). He underlined the importance of wholesome, healthy food and of the maintenance of respiratory capacity through exercise. The adoption of this healthy lifestyle allowed him to regain full strength and to lead a productive life until age 99. |
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In 1967 he established himself on the woody Middelberg hill in [[Rotselaar]], Belgium (in [[Flemish Brabant]], 35 km east of [[Brussels]]), where he built the ''St. Paul's Home'', as well as a reform shop called ''Sol & Vita''. He continued to publish a number of spiritual works, like ''Onze overheerlijke lotsbestemming, het Paradijs'' (''Paradise, our marvellous destiny'', in Dutch). |
In 1967 he established himself on the woody Middelberg hill in [[Rotselaar]], Belgium (in [[Flemish Brabant]], 35 km east of [[Brussels]]), where he built the ''St. Paul's Home'', as well as a reform shop called ''Sol & Vita''. He continued to publish a number of spiritual works, like ''Onze overheerlijke lotsbestemming, het Paradijs'' (''Paradise, our marvellous destiny'', in Dutch). |
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File:Professeur Paul Bouts.jpg|At work in the silence of the hermitage of Vinnebosch in Wezemaal |
File:Professeur Paul Bouts.jpg|At work in the silence of the hermitage of Vinnebosch in Wezemaal |
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File:Paul Bouts.jpg|Villa "El Sol" residence of Prof. P. Bouts Middenbergpark- Rotselaar-in 1967 |
File:Paul Bouts.jpg|Villa "El Sol" residence of Prof. P. Bouts Middenbergpark- Rotselaar-in 1967 |
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File:Prof. Paul Bouts.jpg|Prof. P. Bouts is on the left |
File:Prof. Paul Bouts.jpg|Prof. P. Bouts is on the left – Middenbergpark – Rotselaar- 10-08 1972 |
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File:P. Bouts 01.jpg|Prof. Paul Bouts is on the left |
File:P. Bouts 01.jpg|Prof. Paul Bouts is on the left – 1978 |
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File:1-La psychognomie - caractérologie pratique.jpg|Methodical Reading of Character and Skills for Use by Educators and Leaders-6th Edition |
File:1-La psychognomie - caractérologie pratique.jpg|Methodical Reading of Character and Skills for Use by Educators and Leaders-6th Edition |
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File:Hygiène moderne des intellectuels.jpg|How to preserve and cultivate my organic and nervous resistance |
File:Hygiène moderne des intellectuels.jpg|How to preserve and cultivate my organic and nervous resistance |
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File:4-Les grandioses destinées individuelle et humaine.jpg|in the light of the characterology and cerebral cranial evolution |
File:4-Les grandioses destinées individuelle et humaine.jpg|in the light of the characterology and cerebral cranial evolution |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* [http://st-pauluscentrum.be/ St. Paul's Home (official site)] |
* [http://st-pauluscentrum.be/ St. Paul's Home (official site)] |
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* [http://soletvita.be/ Sol & Vita (official site)] |
* [http://soletvita.be/ Sol & Vita (official site)] |
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Revision as of 13:17, 4 December 2021
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Born | Lanklaar, Limburg, Belgium | 27 February 1900
Died | 7 March 1999 Rotselaar, Belgium | (aged 99)
Occupation(s) | Pedagogue, Characterologist, Phrenologist |
Paul Bouts (1900–1999) was a Belgian phrenologist and pedagogue. Born in the province of Limburg, he was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1926.
In the pedagogic environment of the Normal School (pedagogic academy) of Tienen, Belgium, where he taught from 1924, he specialised in characterological studies and devised a new method of characterological analysis, which he called Psychognomy and which was largely based on phrenology, combined with typology and graphology. This led to his life-work, La Psychognomie,[1] initially published in Paris by the "Librairie philosophique Alcan". It was subsequently translated in Dutch and Portuguese. The theories of Bouts were further developed in specialised institutes which were founded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Chicoutimi, Québec. Bouts continued his research in the field with the paleo-anthropological work Les Grandioses Destinées Individuelle et Humaine dans la Lumière de la Caractérologie et de l'Evolution cérébro-cranienne. In this work he developed a teleological and orthogenetical view on a perfecting evolution, from the paleo-encephalical skull shapes of prehistoric man, which he considered still prevalent in criminals and savages, towards future perfection.
After the Second World War, Bouts experienced serious health problems, due to overburdening. These enticed him to study a healthy lifestyle, which he described in his work Modern Hygiene of Intellectuals (published in French as Hygiène Moderne des Intellectuels, and in Dutch under the title Ik ben nooit moe, i.e. I am never tired). He underlined the importance of wholesome, healthy food and of the maintenance of respiratory capacity through exercise. The adoption of this healthy lifestyle allowed him to regain full strength and to lead a productive life until age 99.
In 1967 he established himself on the woody Middelberg hill in Rotselaar, Belgium (in Flemish Brabant, 35 km east of Brussels), where he built the St. Paul's Home, as well as a reform shop called Sol & Vita. He continued to publish a number of spiritual works, like Onze overheerlijke lotsbestemming, het Paradijs (Paradise, our marvellous destiny, in Dutch).
Paul Bouts is also keeper of several inventor's patents.
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At work in the silence of the hermitage of Vinnebosch in Wezemaal
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Villa "El Sol" residence of Prof. P. Bouts Middenbergpark- Rotselaar-in 1967
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Prof. P. Bouts is on the left – Middenbergpark – Rotselaar- 10-08 1972
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Prof. Paul Bouts is on the left – 1978
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Methodical Reading of Character and Skills for Use by Educators and Leaders-6th Edition
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How to preserve and cultivate my organic and nervous resistance
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Author: Dr Robert Coessens in collaboration with Fr. Paul Bouts
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in the light of the characterology and cerebral cranial evolution
References
- ^ Paul Bouts, La Psychognomie, Paris, Dervy-Livres, 1986