Émile Bréhier

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Émile François Désiré Bréhier (born April 12, 1876 in Bar-le-Duc , † February 3, 1952 in Paris ) was a French historian of philosophy .

Émile Bréhier was the younger brother of Louis Bréhier . After studying philosophy, like him, he initially worked as a high school teacher. In 1908 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on Philon of Alexandria ( Les idées philosophiques et religieuses de Philon d'Alexandrie ). He then taught the history of philosophy at the universities of Rennes and Bordeaux and from 1919 at the Sorbonne . Bréhier stood out primarily for his studies of the philosophy of antiquity . He has presented a complete French translation of Plotinus in the " Collection des Universités de France " series (1924–1938) and is known to a wider readership for his multi-volume Histoire de la Philosophie , the first volume of which was published in 1926 and has received numerous new editions and translations Has.

In 1951 he was elected a corresponding member of the British Academy .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed May 9, 2020 .