Étienne Marie Justin Victor Delbos (26 September 1862 – 16 June 1916) was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy.

Biogrsphy

Delbos was born on 26 September 1862, in

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. He was appointed a lecturer at the Sorbonne in 1902. In 1911, he became a member of the

Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

. He died on 16 June 1916, aged 53, in

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, as a result of an infectious

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brought on by pleurisy.

Maurice Blondel Maurice Blondel (; ; 2 November 1861 – 4 June 1949) was a French philosopher, whose most influential works, notably ''L'Action'', aimed at establishing the correct relationship between autonomous philosophical reasoning and Christian belief. ...

, a close friend, wrote an obituary account of Delbos and saw various posthumous publications through the press.Oliva Blanchette, ''Maurice Blondel: A Philosophical Life'', 2010, p.30-76 Delbos was the father of the violinist and composer

Claire Delbos Louise-Justine Messiaen (née Delbos; 2 November 1906 – 22 April 1959), more commonly known under her pseudonym Claire Delbos, was a French violinist and composer, and first wife of the composer Olivier Messiaen. Biography Delbos was born i ...

. In turn, he was the father-in-law of

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithology, ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th century, he was also an ou ...

Work

He wrote on

Spinoza Baruch (de) Spinoza (24 November 163221 February 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, who was born in the Dutch Republic. A forerunner of the Age of Enlightenmen ...

Nicolas Malebranche Nicolas Malebranche ( ; ; 6 August 1638 – 13 October 1715) was a French Oratorian Catholic priest and rationalist philosopher. In his works, he sought to synthesise the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, in order to demonstrate the ...

and

Kant Immanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, et ...

. A series of lectures on post-Kantian philosophy, which Delbos viewed as shaped by contingent psychological and social factors rather than through the unfolding of some internal logic, were published posthumously and later (1942) collected in a single volume.Cristina Chimisso, ''Writing the history of the mind: philosophy and science in France, 1900 to 1960s'', 2008, p.48

Works

*''Le problème moral dans la philosophie de Spinoza et dans l'histoire du spinozisme'', Paris: Alcan, 1893 *''La Philosophie pratique de Kant'', 1905 *''Le spinozisme : cours professé à la Sorbonne en 1912-1913'', 1916 *''La philosophie française'', 1919 *''Étude de la philosophie de Malebranche'', 1924 *''De Kant aux postkantiens'', 1942

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* 1862 births 1916 deaths French historians of philosophy Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques 19th-century French writers 19th-century French philosophers 20th-century French philosophers French male non-fiction writers Academic staff of the University of Paris 19th-century French male writers Spinoza scholars {{France-philosopher-stub