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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 449 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SAINT-HILAIRE, JULES (1805-1895), See also:French philosopher and statesman, was See also:born at See also:Paris on the 19th of See also:August 1805. In his See also:early years he was an active See also:political journalist, and from 1826 to 183o opposed the reactionary policy of the See also:king in Le Globe. At the revolution of 183o he signed the protestation of the journalists on the 28th of See also:July 1830. After 1830. he contributed to different newspapers—Le Constitutionnel, Le See also:National and the Courrier frangais—until 1833, when he gave up politics in See also:order to devote himself to the See also:history of See also:ancient See also:philosophy, undertaking a See also:translation of See also:Aristotle, which occupied him the greater See also:part of his See also:life (1837-1892). The reputation which he gained from this See also:work won for him the See also:chair of ancient philosophy at the See also:College de See also:France (1838) and a seat at the See also:Academy of Moral and Political See also:Science (1839). After the revolution of 1848 he was elected as a republican See also:deputy; but was obliged to withdraw after the coup d'etat of See also:Louis See also:Napoleon. In 1855 he went as member of the See also:international See also:commission to See also:Egypt to See also:report on the possibility of the proposed See also:Suez See also:canal, and by the articles which he wrote he contributed largely to making the project popular in France. Elected deputy again in 1869, he joined the opposition to the See also:Empire, and in 1871 See also:bent all his efforts to the See also:election of See also:Thiers as See also:president of the See also:republic, acting afterwards as his secretary. Appointed senator for life in 1875, he took his See also:place among the moderate republicans, and from See also:September 188o to See also:November 1881 was See also:minister of See also:foreign affairs in the See also:cabinet of Jules See also:Ferry. The most important event of his See also:administration was the See also:annexation of See also:Tunis under the See also:form of a French See also:protectorate, which he actively promoted. He died on the 24th of November 1895. His See also:principal See also:works, besides the translation of Aristotle and a number of studies connected with the same subject, are See also:Des Vedas (1854), Du Bouddhisme (1856) and See also:Mahomet et le Coran (1865).

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