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Victor Cousin
French philosopher (1792–1867) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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Born | 28 November 1792 Paris, France |
Died | 14 January 1867 (1867-01-15) (aged 74) Cannes, France |
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy Eclectic spiritualism[1] |
Main interests | Ontology Epistemology |
Notable ideas | The two principles of reason, cause and substance, enable humans to pass from psychology, or the science of knowledge, to ontology or the science of being |
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