Adolphe-Félix Gatien-Arnoult

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Adolphe-Félix Gatien-Arnoult (born October 30, 1800 in Vendôme , † January 18, 1886 in Mont-de-Marsan ) was a French parliamentarian, philosopher and Romanist .

life and work

Gatien-Arnoult studied with Victor Cousin , received his doctorate in Paris in 1823 on the book of psalms and (in Latin) on the human soul, passed the Agrégation de philosophie in 1825 and was a high school teacher in Nevers, Bourges, Reims and Nancy. In 1830 he was appointed to the chair of philosophy in Toulouse . There he also worked politically (in the liberal left) and became mayor and member of the National Assembly (from 1848 to 1849 and from 1871 to 1876). In 1864 he became Secrétaire perpétuel of the Académie des sciences, inscriptions et belles-lettres de Toulouse. From 1871 to 1873 he was rector of the Académie de Toulouse.

As a member (“mainteneur”, since 1833) of the Académie des Jeux floraux (the oldest poetry academy), he edited four volumes of Monuments de la littérature romane from 1841 to 1849 , including Leys d'amors , an early grammar and poetry theory of Occitan (later Edition by Joseph Anglade ).

Works

  • Program d'un cours complet de philosophie, Paris 1830, 2008, 6th edition 1852
  • (Ed.) Las Flors del gay saber. Estier dichas read Leys d'amors. Les Fleurs du gai savoir autrement dites Lois d'amour [traduits par MM. D'Aguilar et d'Escouloubre], 3 vols., Paris / Toulouse 1841–1843, 2 vols., Geneva 1977
  • (Ed.) Las joyas del gay saber = Les joies du gai savoir. Recueil de poésies en langue romane couronnées par le Consistoire de la gaie-science de Toulouse depuis l'an 1324 jusques en l'an 1498, avec la traduction littérale et des notes par Jean-Baptiste Noulet , Paris / Toulouse 1849, Geneva 1977
  • Éléments généraux de l'histoire comparée de la philosophie, de la littérature et des événements publics depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nous, avec un appendix sur l'histoire du droit, de la théologie, des sciences et des arts, Toulouse 1841
  • Histoire de la philosophie en France, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours. Tome I. Période gauloise, Toulouse 1858
  • Victor cousin. L'école éclectique et l'avenir de la philosophie française, Paris 1867

literature

  • Dictionnaire de biography française, sv
  • Paul Lienig, The grammar of the Provencal Leys d'amors compared with the language of the troubadours, Breslau 1890
  • Pierre Swiggers: Linguistique et grammaticographie romanes, in: Lexikon der Romanistische Linguistik I, 1, Tübingen 2001, pp. 36–121 (here pp. 40–45)

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personal data
SURNAME Gatien-Arnoult, Adolphe-Félix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gatien-Arnould, Adolphe; Gatien-Arnoult, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French parliamentarian, philosopher and Romanist
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Vendôme
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1886
Place of death Mont-de-Marsan