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JANET, PAUL (1823—1899)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 150 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JANET, See also:PAUL (1823—1899) , See also:French philosophical writer, was See also:born in See also:Paris on the 3oth of See also:April 1823. He was See also:professor of moral See also:philosophy at See also:Bourges (1845—1848) and See also:Strassburg (1848--1857), and of See also:logic at the lycee See also:Louis-le-See also:Grand, Paris (1857-1864). In 1864 he was appointed to the See also:chair of philosophy at the See also:Sorbonne, and elected a member of the See also:academy of the moral and See also:political sciences. He wrote a large number of books and articles upon philosophy, politics and See also:ethics, on idealistic lines : La Famille, Histoire de la philosophie daps l'antiquite et clans le temps moderne, Histoire de la See also:science politique, Philosophie de la Revolution Francaise, &c. They are not characterized by much originality of thought. In philosophy he was a follower of See also:Victor See also:Cousin, and through him of See also:Hegel. His See also:principal See also:work in this See also:line, Theorie de la morale, is little more than a somewhat patronizing See also:reproduction of See also:Kant. He died in See also:October 1899.

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