Ernest Bersot

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Ernest Bersot

Ernest Bersot (born August 22, 1816 in Surgères ( Département Charente-Maritime ), † February 1, 1880 in Paris ) was a French philosopher and publicist .

Life

After attending secondary school in Bordeaux, Ernest Bersot attended normal school in Paris from 1836 to 1839 . He then worked in Rennes , Paris, Bordeaux, from 1843 in Dijon and from 1846 in Versailles as a professor of philosophy, which he represented in the spirit of Victor Cousins . He turned after he after the coup of Napoleon III. He was dismissed from his post on December 2, 1851 for refusing to take an oath, became a member of the Journal des débats in 1859 , a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques in 1866 and, after the end of the Second Empire, director of the normal school in 1871. He made a particular contribution to the French education system. He died in Paris in 1880 at the age of 63.

Publications

  • Essai sur la providence , 1853, 2nd ed. 1855
  • Mesmer et le magnétisme animal , 1853, 4th ed. 1879
  • Études sur le XVIII e siècle , 2 vol., 1855
  • Lettres sur l'enseignement , 1857
  • Littérature et morale , 1861
  • Questions actuelles , 1862
  • Essais de philosophie et de morale , 2 vol., 1864
  • Morale et politique , 1868
  • Libre philosophy , 1868
  • Études et discours , 1879
  • Questions d'enseignement, études sur les reformes universitaires , 1880

literature

personal data
SURNAME Bersot, Ernest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French philosopher and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Surgères ( Charente-Maritime Department )
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1880
Place of death Paris