Félix Ravaisson
Jean Gaspard Félix Ravaisson-Mollien (born October 23, 1813 in Namur , Sambre-et-Meuse , † May 18, 1900 in Paris ) was a French philosopher and archaeologist .
Life
Ravaisson studied at the Collège Rollin in Paris. There he graduated in philosophy . In 1838 he received his doctorate and became professor of philosophy in Rennes .
In 1837 Ravaisson published the first volume of the Essai sur la métaphysique d'Aristote , the second part followed in 1846. In this work he not only criticizes and comments on the theories of Aristotle and the Peripatetic , but also develops a modern system of philosophy. His philosophy belongs to the school of Victor Cousin , with whom he agreed on many important points.
In the autumn of 1839 Ravaisson went to Munich to hear lectures from Friedrich Schelling, among other things .
From 1839 to 1844 and from 1847 to 1852, Ravaisson was inspector general of the country's public libraries . In 1852 he was appointed general inspector for the universities . He became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1849 and a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques in 1899 . Since 1847 he was a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . In 1870 he became curator of the Louvre's Department of Antiquities . He wrote some articles for the Revue archéologique and the Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres .
Fonts
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De l'habitude , Paris, Imprimerie de H. Fournier 1838, full text (PDF; 307 kB)
- German: Gerhard Funke (Hrsg.): Treatise on habit . Habelt, Bonn 1954.
- Essai sur la métaphysique d'Aristote , 2 volumes, Paris, Imprimerie Royale 1837–1846, full text
- Les Fragments philosophiques de Hamilton in: Revue des Deux Mondes , November 1840.
- Rapport sur le stoicisme , 1851.
- L'Enseignement du dessin dans les lycées . Paul Dupont, Paris 1854.
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La philosophie en France au XIXème siècle , Paris, Hachette 1867 full text 3rd edition 1889
- German: French philosophy in the 19th century . J. Bachmeister, Eisenach 1889.
- La Vénus de Milo , Paris, Hachette 1871
- Métaphysique et morale , in: Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale 1893 full text (PDF; 212 kB).
- Testament philosophique (written 1899–1900), in Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale 1901 full text (PDF; 284 kB).
- anthology
- Dominique Janicaud: L'Art et les mystères grecs , L'Herne, Paris 1985. It is a collection of various articles or excerpts from Ravaisson's articles on the subject.
literature
- Joseph Dopp: Félix Ravaisson: La formation e sa pensée d'après des documents inédits . Leuven, Belgium 1933.
- Dominique Janicaud: Ravaisson et la méthaphysique. Une généalogie du spiritualisme française , 2nd edition. Vrin, Paris 1997.
- François Laruelle: Phénomène et difference. Essai sur l'ontologie de Ravaisson . Publications de luniversité de Paris X Nanterre, Lettres et sciences, Klincksieck, Paris 1997.
- Pierre Montebello: L'autre métaphysique. Essai sur Ravaisson, tarde , Nietzsche et Bergson . Desclée de Brouwer, Paris 2003.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ravaisson, Felix |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ravaisson-Mollien, Jean Gaspard Félix (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French philosopher and archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Namur , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1900 |
| Place of death | Paris |