Théodore Simon Jouffroy
Théodore Simon Jouffroy (born July 6, 1796 in Les Pontets , Franche-Comté , † February 4, 1842 in Paris ) was a French publicist and philosopher.
Jouffroy devoted himself to the study of philosophy at the École normal supérieure in Paris under Victor Cousin's direction and after the July Revolution got a job at the institute mentioned as a teacher of philosophy.
In 1832 he was Thurot's successor at the Collège de France , which position he resigned in 1837, and in 1833 a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques .
When Victor Cousin became Minister of Education, he named Jouffroy a member of the University Council. As a Member of Parliament from Pontarlier (from 1831) he was one of the doctrinaires whose journal Le Globe he helped found in 1824.
As a student of cousins, he paid particular attention to Scottish philosophy.
He published a French adaptation of Dugald Stewart's Outlines of Moral Philosophy (Paris 1826, 3rd ed. 1841) and the complete works of Thomas Reid (Paris 1836, 6 vols.), Both with excellent introductions; also Mélanges philosophiques (Paris 1833, 5th ed. 1875; new series 1842, 4th ed. 1883), a selection of the most important articles he had published in the Globe .
Of his lectures held at the Sorbonne , the Cours de droit naturel (Paris 1833–42, 4th edition 1866) and Cours d'esthétique ( edited after his death by Jean Philibert Damiron , 4th edition 1883) appeared in print.
literature
- Claude Joseph Tissot : Th. Jouffroy, sa vie et ses écrits , Paris 1876.
- Lucien Lévy-Bruhl : History of modern philosophy in France: with portraits of the leading French philosophers . Pp. 349-357. Chicago, Ill .: Open Court, 1899,
- Jean Philibert Damiron : Essai sur l'histoire de la philosophie en France au XVIIe siècle . Paris, 1846.
Web links
- Literature by and about Théodore Simon Jouffroy in the catalog of the German National Library
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jouffroy, Théodore Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French publicist and philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1796 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Les Pontets |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 1842 |
| Place of death | Paris |