René Hubert (22 July 1885 – 13 October 1954) was a French historian of philosophy and educational theorist. Hubert was born in Dammartin-en-Serve. He gained his agrégé in philosophy in 1908. He became professor of Morals, Sociology and Philosophy of Science at the Faculty of Letters of the

University of Lille The University of Lille (, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, Hauts-de-France. It has its origins in the University of Douai (1559), and resulted from the merger of three universities ...

in 1923, and in 1936 Rector of the Academy of Poitiers.Annick Ohayon, Dominique Ottavi, Antoine Savoye, ''L'éducation nouvelle, histoire, présence et devenir'', Peter Lang, 2004, p.252 He wrote on the eighteenth-century Enlightenment - the ''

Encyclopédie , better known as ''Encyclopédie'' (), was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements, revised editions, and translations. It had many writers, known as the Encyclopédistes. It was edited by Denis ...

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Republic of Geneva, Genevan philosopher (''philosophes, philosophe''), writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment through ...

and

Baron d'Holbach Paul Thiry, Baron d'Holbach (; ; 8 December 1723 – 21 January 1789), known as d'Holbach, was a Franco-German philosopher, encyclopedist and writer, who was a prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. He was born in Edesheim, near Landau ...

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educational theory Education sciences, also known as education studies or education theory, and traditionally called ''pedagogy'', seek to describe, understand, and prescribe education including education policy. Subfields include comparative education, education ...

Works

* ''Les Sciences sociales dans l'Encyclopédie. La philosophie de l'histoire et le probleme des origines sociales'', 1923 * ''D'Holbach et ses amis'', 1928 * ''Rousseau et l'Encyclopédie. Essai sur la formation des idées politiques de Rousseau (1742 - 1756)'', 1928 * ''Traité de la pédagogie générale'', 1946 * ''Histoire de la pédagogie'', 1949

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René Hubert
at the International Dictionary of Intellectual Historians {{DEFAULTSORT:Hubert, Rene 1885 births 1954 deaths French historians of philosophy 20th-century French philosophers French philosophers of education French male non-fiction writers 20th-century French male writers