Leon Brunschvicg
Leon Brunschvicg · Philosophy & Social Sciences
French idealist philosopher
1869, Paris, France — 1944, Aix-les-Bains, France
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Léon Brunschvicg was a French idealist philosopher and historian of science, a leading figure of critical idealism who held that mind and reason progressively construct reality, and who produced influential editions of Pascal and Descartes. Co-founder of the Revue de métaphysique et de morale, he was born into a Jewish family and, persecuted under Vichy, died in hiding in 1944.
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French idealist philosopher
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