Charles Secretan (January 19, 1815 – January 21, 1895) was a Swiss philosopher. He was born on 19 January 1815 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he also died on 21 January 1895.
Charles Secrétan | |
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| Born | 19 January 1815 |
| Died | 21 January 1895 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of philosophy at Lausanne and Neuchâtel |
| Known for | Founding/editing Revue Suisse |
Educated in his native town and later under Friedrich Schelling in Munich, he became a professor of philosophy at Lausanne (1838 to 1846), and later at Neuchâtel. In 1866 he returned to his old position at Lausanne.[1]
In 1837 he founded, and for a time edited the Revue Suisse. The object of his writing was to build up a rational, philosophical religion to reconcile the ultimate bases of Christianity with the principles of metaphysical philosophy.[1]
Works
edit- La Philosophie de la liberté (1848)
- La Raison et le Christianisme (1863)
- La Civilisation et les croyances (1887)
- Les Droits de l'Humanité (1890)
- Mon Utopie (1892)
- Preface to Le problème de l'immortalité by Emmanuel Pétavel-Olliff (1892)
References
edit- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Secrétan, Charles". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 571. This work in turn cites:
- François T. Pillon, La Philosophie de Charles Secrétan (Paris 1898; reprinted 2006)
