Jacques Follon

Jacques Follon (* 1948 in Liège ; † June 20, 2003 ) was a Belgian historian of philosophy .

After studying philosophy at the Université catholique de Louvain , Follon received his doctorate there. As a professor at the university and research assistant at the Center De Wulf-Mansion , Follon worked primarily on Aristotle . He translated the Protrepticus and the first book of metaphysics . In 1984 he edited the collected writings of Suzanne Mansion , whose assistant he was. In 1988 he became administrative director of the Center De Wulf-Mansion and assistant to James McEvoy . With this, as with Michel Bastit, he publishes various colloquium acts on topics of ancient and medieval philosophy (on intentionality , friendship , theology , logic and metaphysics ). He also translated Gilbert Ryle 's Plato's Progress . He also contributed to Gerd Van Riel's bilingual edition of Damaskios ' Commentary on Plato's Dialogue Philebos . Follon died of a serious illness at the age of 55.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

Guide bibliographique des études de philosophie . Peeters, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1993 ("Bibliothèque philosophique de Louvain").
Suivre la divinité: Introduction to L'esprit de La philosophie ancienne . Peeters, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1996.
L'oiseau de Minerve: introduction to the étude de la philosophy . Peeters, Louvain-la-Neuve, 2002.

Editorships

(Ed., With James McEvoy): Finalité et intentionnalité: doctrine thomiste et perspectives modern . Actes du colloque de Louvain-la-Neuve et Louvain. Peeters, Louvain-la-Neuve / Vrin, Paris, "Bibliothèque philosophique de Louvain", 1992.
(Ed., With James McEvoy): Actualité de la pensée médiévale: recueil d'articles . Louvain-la-Neuve, Édition de l'institut supérieur de philosophie, Paris, Peeters, "Philosophes médiévaux", 1994.
(Ed., With James McEvoy): Sagesses de l'amitié: anthologie de textes philosophiques anciens . Cerf, Friborg, "Vestigia", 1997.
(Ed., With Michel Bastit): Essais sur la théologie d'Aristote: actes du colloque de Dijon . Louvain-la-Neuve, Édition de l'institut supérieur de philosophie, Paris, Peeters, "Aristote: traduction et études", 1998.
(Ed., With Michel Bastit): Logique et métaphysique dans l ' Organon d'Aristote: actes du colloque de Dijon . Édition de l'institut supérieur de philosophie, Paris, Peeters, "Aristote: traduction et études", 2001.
(Ed., With James McEvoy): Sagesses de l'amitié: anthologie de textes philosophiques patristiques, médiévaux et renaissants . Cerf, Friborg, "Vestigia", 2003

Translations

Aristote, Le Protreptique. Mille et une nuits, Paris, "Petite collection", 2000.
Aristote, Livre Alpha de la Métaphysique . Mille et une nuits, Paris, "Petite collection", 2002.
Gilbert Ryle, L'itinéraire de Platon . Préface de Monique Dixsaut. Vrin, Paris, "Analyze et philosophie", 2003.

J. Follon and J. McEvoy (eds.): Finalité et intentionnalité (see above), présentation des auteurs, p. VIII.
Jean-Michel Counet and James McEvoy: In memoriam Jacques Follon , in: Revue philosophique de Louvain , Volume 101, No. 4, November 2003, p. 756.

personal data
SURNAME	Follon, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian historian of philosophy
DATE OF BIRTH	1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Liège
DATE OF DEATH	June 20, 2003