Xavier Léon was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy.

In 1893 Léon – together with Élie Halévy

Élie Halévy

Élie Halévy was a French philosopher and historian who wrote studies of the British utilitarians, a history of 19th-century England and the acclaimed book of essays, Era of Tyrannies.-Biography:...

 and others – helped found the French philosophical journal Revue de métaphysique et de morale

Revue de métaphysique et de morale

The Revue de métaphysique et de morale is a French philosophy journal co-founded in 1893 by Léon Brunschvicg, Xavier Léon and Élie Halévy. The journal initially appeared six times a year, but since 1920 has been published quarterly...

. Léon remained editor of the journal until his death in 1935, when he was succeeded by Dominique Parodi. In 1900 he founded the International Congress of Philosophy, and in 1901 the Société Française de Philosophie. He wrote extensively on Johann Gottlieb Fichte

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

Johann Gottlieb Fichte was a German philosopher. He was one of the founding figures of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, a movement that developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant...

. He is buried in the Jewish section of Père-Lachaise Cemetery.

Works

• La philosophie de Fichte, ses rapports avec la conscience contemporaine, Paris: F. Alcan, 1902
• Fichte et son temps, Paris: A Colin, 1922
• Établissement et prédication de la doctrine de la liberté : la vie de Fichte jusqu'au départ d'Jéna (1762-1799), 1922
• La lutte pour l'affranchissement national (1806 - 1813), 1924
• Fichte à Berlin (1799 - 1813) : la lutte pour l'affranchissement national (1806 - 1813), 1927

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