Victor Delbos
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Victor Delbos was a Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy.
Delbos was appointed a lecturer at the Sorbonne
in 1902. In 1911 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. He died in July 1916 as a result of an infectious mycocarditis brought on by pleurisy. Maurice Blondel
, a close friend, wrote an obituary account of Delbos and saw various posthumous publications through the press.
He wrote on Spinoza, Nicolas Malebranche
and Kant
. 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.
Delbos was appointed a lecturer at the Sorbonne
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
in 1902. In 1911 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. He died in July 1916 as a result of an infectious mycocarditis brought on by pleurisy. Maurice Blondel
Maurice Blondel
Maurice Blondel was a French philosopher.Blondel developed a "philosophy of action” that integrated classical Neoplatonic thought with modern Pragmatism in the context of a Christian philosophy of religion...
, a close friend, wrote an obituary account of Delbos and saw various posthumous publications through the press.
He wrote on Spinoza, Nicolas Malebranche
Nicolas Malebranche
Nicolas Malebranche ; was a French Oratorian and rationalist philosopher. In his works, he sought to synthesize the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, in order to demonstrate the active role of God in every aspect of the world...
and Kant
KANT
KANT is a computer algebra system for mathematicians interested in algebraic number theory, performing sophisticated computations in algebraic number fields, in global function fields, and in local fields. KASH is the associated command line interface...
. 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.
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