Xavier Léon
French-Jewish philosopher and historian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Xavier Léon (21 May 1868 in Boulogne-Billancourt – 21 October 1935 in Paris) was a French-Jewish[1] philosopher and historian of philosophy.
In 1893 Léon – together with Élie Halévy and others – helped found the French philosophical journal Revue de métaphysique et de morale. Léon remained editor of the journal until his death in 1935,[2] when he was succeeded by Dominique Parodi.[3] In 1900 he founded the International Congress of Philosophy,[4] and in 1901 the Société Française de Philosophie.[3] He wrote extensively on Johann Gottlieb Fichte. He is buried in the Jewish section of Père-Lachaise Cemetery.[5]