Philosopher
Victor Cousin
Overview
Victor Cousin (; French: [kuzɛ̃]; 28 November 1792 – 14 January 1867) was a French philosopher. He was the founder of "eclecticism", a briefly influential school of French philosophy that combined elements of German idealism and Scottish Common Sense Realism. As the administrator of public instruction for over a decade, Cousin also had an important influence on French educational policy.
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Philosophers who discussed Victor Cousin
- Adam Ferguson
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
- Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Thomas Reid
- Peter Abelard
- Vincenzo Gioberti
- Maine de Biran
- Jules Lachelier
- Heloise
- Pierre Laromiguière
- Augusto Vera
- Théodore Jouffroy
- Ioan Zalomit
- Stefan Pawlicki
Ideas Victor Cousin discusses
- Heidelberg University
- French Revolution
- German language
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Henri Bergson
- Philosophy
- Immanuel Kant
- Ancient Greek
- Spiritualism (philosophy)
- John Locke
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
- Dugald Stewart
- Latin
- Philosophy of history
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
- Metaphysics
- Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
- Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
- German idealism
- Ontology
- Pantheism
- Eclecticism
- Proclus
Place in the tradition
Part of French philosophy.