biography
pronunciation:
[koozĩ]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1792–1867)
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| biography:
| Philosopher, born in Paris, France. After the 1830 revolution, he became a member of the Council of Public Instruction, and in 1832 a peer of France and director of the Ecole Normale. In 1848 he aided the government of Cavaignac, but after 1849 left public life. His eclectic philosophy can be seen in his Fragments philosophiques (1826) and Du vrai, du beau, et du bien (1854, On the True, the Beautiful, and the Good). |
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