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TAINE, Hippolyte. 

De l'Intelligence. 

Paris, Hachette, 1903.
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Hippolyte Taine (1828-1893), a member of the French Academy, was a French historian, philosopher, and critic whose work had a major influence on naturalism and positivism. His work De l'Intelligence (On Intelligence) is a treatise on psychology and philosophy that explores the nature of human cognitive faculties. Taine applies a scientific and deterministic method to the study of the mind, analyzing the mechanisms of perception, memory, and ideas.
This book was a fundamental text for nascent psychology and the philosophy of science in France in the late 19th century.

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PASCAL, Blaise. 

Lettres écrites à un provincial. 

Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, 1845.
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PASCAL, Joseph. 

Le Livre d'un homme de raison. 

Genève, Perret-Gentil, 1966.
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Joseph Pascal (1886-1982) former teacher, freemason and unionist, devoted his retirement to writing books of rationalist inspiration.
Nice sending of the author to Jacques Duboin (1878-1976) French economist and politician.

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GOBLOT, Edmond. 

Essai sur la Classification des Sciences. 

Paris, Librairie Germer Baillière, 1898.
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Edmond Goblot (1858-1935), ancien élève de l'École Normale Supérieure et agrégé de philosophie, était un philosophe et logicien français. Son Essai sur la Classification des Sciences est une contribution importante à l'épistémologie, le domaine qui étudie la connaissance scientifique. Goblot y propose un système de classification des sciences basé sur leurs méthodes et leur objet. L'ouvrage s'inscrit dans la lignée des travaux de l'épistémologie française de la fin du XIXe siècle et a influencé les réflexions sur la structure des connaissances et la méthodologie scientifique.

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MARION, Henri. 

Leçons de psychologie appliquée à l'éducation. 

Paris, Armand Colin et Cie, 1882.
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Henri Marion is a French philosopher, pedagogue and teacher of pedagogy. He was the first holder of a chair in educational science in Paris, in 1887.

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TANNERY, Jules. 

Science et Philosophie. 

Paris, Librairie Félix Alcan, 1912.
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Jules Tannery (1848-1910) was a French mathematician and philosopher, professor at the Sorbonne and deputy director of the École Normale Supérieure. Brother of the philosopher of science Paul Tannery, Jules was an influential educator, having trained many important mathematicians. This work, "Science and Philosophy," is a compilation of his posthumous writings, with an introductory note written by Émile Borel (1871-1956), one of his illustrious students and himself an eminent mathematician.

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FENELON, François Salignac de la Mothe. 

Abrégé de la vie des plus illustres philosophes de l'antiquité. 

Limoges, Barbou frères, 1846.
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Synthetic presentation of the main philosophers of antiquity and their philosophies.

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SECCHI, P. Angelo. 

L'Unité des forces physiques. Essai de philosophie naturelle. 

Paris, F. Savy, 1874.
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Father Angelo Secchi (1818-1877) was an Italian Jesuit, director of the Rome Observatory, and a renowned astronomer and physicist, corresponding member of the Institute of France. His work L'Unité des forces physiques (The Unity of Physical Forces) is an essay on natural philosophy that explores the concept of unity and interconnectedness of the various forces known in physics at his time. Secchi, a pioneer in stellar spectroscopy, sought to establish a unified vision of the physical world, a central theme in 19th-century science. This second, revised and considerably augmented edition, published based on Dr. Deleschamps' Italian translation, demonstrates the interest in his ideas in France.

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OSTWALD, Wilhelm. 

Esquisse d'une Philosophie des Sciences. 

Paris, Librairie Félix Alcan, 1911.
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Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) was a German chemist and philosopher, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909 for his work on catalysis and the study of chemical equilibria and reaction rates. He was one of the major figures in physical chemistry and a fervent defender of energism, a theory that reduced all phenomena to energy transformations. As a professor at the University of Leipzig, he exerted considerable influence. This work, "Outline of a Philosophy of Science," translated from German by M. Dorolle (Associate Professor of Philosophy), demonstrates his interest in the epistemological foundations of science. In it, he sets out his vision of science, its method, and its philosophical scope, marking an important current of thought at the beginning of the 20th century, a period of profound scientific and philosophical upheaval.

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JAMES, William. 

Le Pragmatisme. 

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1911.
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First edition in french.
William James (1842-1910) was an influential American philosopher and psychologist, co-founder of pragmatism. A member of the Institut de France and a professor at Harvard, he is considered one of the most important thinkers of the 19th century. "Pragmatism" is one of his most famous works, synthesizing his lectures given in 1906-1907. In it, he develops the idea that the truth of an idea must be judged by its practical consequences and utility. This French edition, translated by E. Le Brun and enriched with an introduction by Henri Bergson (1859-1941), a Nobel Prize-winning French philosopher and member of the Institut, is particularly notable. Bergson's presence underscores the importance and resonance of James's pragmatism in the French philosophical context of the early 20th century.

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PASCAL, Blaise. 

Les provinciales. 

Paris, Firmin Didot, 1819.
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ROMEYER-DHERBEY, Gilbert. 

Une Trace infime d'encre pâle : six études de littérature & philosophie mêlées. 

Paris, encre marine, 2003.
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First edition.

Presentation copy to Guy Samama.

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COURNOT, Antoine Augustin. 

Essai sur les fondements de nos connaissances et sur les caracteres de la critique philosophique. 

Paris, Hachette, 1922.
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Third edition.
The work is an exploration of the philosophy of science, addressing the theory of knowledge, causality, and the role of philosophical critique. The author, Antoine Augustin Cournot, was a mathematician, economist, and philosopher. His work influenced the development of epistemology and the philosophy of probability in the 19th century.

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BRUNSCHVICG, Léon. 

Le Progrès de la conscience dans la philosophie occidentale. 

Paris, Félix Alcan, 1927.
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Léon Brunschvicg (1869-1944) was a French philosopher, a member of the Institut, and a professor at the Sorbonne. He is a major figure in French idealism and worked on the philosophy of science and psychology. This work offers a history of Western philosophy from the perspective of the development of consciousness, from antiquity to his own time.

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MACH, Ernst. 

La Connaissance et l'Erreur. 

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1908.
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BACHELARD, Gaston. 

Le Nouvel Esprit Scientifique. 

Paris, Librairie Félix Alcan, 1934.
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First edition.

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DE BEAUVOIR, Simone. 

La Force des choses. 

Paris, Gallimard Nrf, 1963.
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First edition.
Common paper.

Autobiographical account of the period from the end of WWII to 1960. The story includes the time of the publication of The Second Sex, which makes her very famous, the Cold War, or the war in Algeria which she describes as a “personal drama”.

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THÉON DE SMYRNE. 

Exposition des connaissances mathématiques utiles pour la lecture de Platon. 

Paris, Impression anastaltique culture et civilisation, 1892 [1966].
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60 €

Reprint from 1892 edition.

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FENELON, François Salignac de la Mothe. 

L'Education des filles. 

Paris, Jouaust librairie des bibliophiles, 1885.
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Introduction by Octave Gréard and frontispiece by Lalauze.

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BOUILLIER, Francisque. 

Histoire de la philosophie cartésienne. 

Paris, Ch. Delagrave et Cie, 1868.
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80 €

Third edition.

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BACHELARD, Gaston. 

Essai sur la connaissance approchée. 

Paris, J. Vrin, 1927.
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Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962), agrégé in philosophy and doctor of letters, was one of the greatest French philosophers of the 20th century, specializing in epistemology and the history of science. His Essai sur la connaissance approchée (Essay on Approximated Knowledge) is one of his first major works, in which he develops the notion that scientific knowledge is never absolute, but always relative and "approximated." He examines concepts from contemporary science (relativity, quantum mechanics) and defends a philosophy of the "no" that shows how new knowledge is built by breaking with previous knowledge. This book is a landmark of French epistemology.

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ALHAIZA, Adolphe. 

Charles Fourier et sa sociologie sociétaire. 

Paris, Librairie Marcel Riviére, 1911.
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First edition.
Jean-Adolphe Alhaiza is a French essayist, disciple of Charles Fourier and the Societary School. Exposition of the doctrine of Charles Fourier.
"This succinct, but very accurate work, also contains an absolutely unpublished historical summary of the Societary School, from Fourier to the present day." (p.7).

Photo [COURTOIS, Jacques]. 

[COURTOIS, Jacques]. 

L'Espoir est pour demain. 

Granville, Imprimerie granvillaise, 1950.
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90 €

First edition.
Book with subtitle: "Essay on existence: from the Universe to Man". Vast program of a philosophy of Nature and History.
Written under his pseudonym : J-A Tregastel.
Handwritten sending to Jacques Duboin (1878-1976) French economist and politician.

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LOCKE, John. 

Essai philosophique concernant l'entendement humain, où l'on montre quelle est l'étendue de nos connoissances certaines, et la manière dont nous y parvenons. 

Paris, Bossange, An VII [1798].
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John Locke's (1632-1704) An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a foundational work of empiricism and Enlightenment philosophy. First published in 1689, it explores the origin, certainty, and extent of human knowledge, rejecting the idea of innate ideas and asserting that all knowledge derives from sensory experience and reflection. This French edition from "An VII" (1798-1799), translated by Pierre Coste, is particularly notable as it incorporates posthumous additions by Locke and the translator's remarks, thereby enriching the original work and demonstrating its continued influence on French thought.

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ARNAULD, Antoine || NICOLE, Pierre. 

La logique ou l'art de penser, contenant, outre les règles communes, plusieurs observations nouvelles, propres à former le jugement. 

Paris, Antoine Laurens, 1671.
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90 €
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BOURDET, Eugène. 

Vocabulaire Des Principaux Termes de La Philosophie Positive: Avec Notices Biographiques Appartenant Au Calendrier Positiviste. 

Paris, Germer Baillière, 1875.
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100 €

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In the last quarter of the 19th century, the positivism of Auguste Comte gradually transformed into a true religion "of humanity" which rethought all the rites and structures left by the Christian church. These mutations are accompanied by a new vocabulary that Eugène Bourdet presents to us.

Photo [ESPIARD DE LA BORDE, François-Ignace]. 

[ESPIARD DE LA BORDE, François-Ignace]. 

L'Esprit des nations. 

La Haye, Isaac Beauregard, 1753.
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Third edition.

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EBERHARD, Jean Auguste || SOCRATE. 

Examen de la Doctrine touchant le salut des payens, ou nouvelle apologie pour Socrate. 

Amsterdam, E. Van Harrevelt, 1773.
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125 €

First edition in French.
Eberhard is a German Protestant philosopher and theologian, disciple of Leibniz he was one of the most virulent opponents of Kant.

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OCELLUS, Lucanus. 

De la nature de l'univers Avec la Traduction Françoise & des Remarques, par M. l'Abbé Batteux. 

Paris, Saillant, 1768.
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First edition of the Batteux's translation in french. With the text in greek.
Bound after, Timée de Locres "De l'Ame du Monde" and Aristote "Lettres d'Aristote à Alexandre sur le Système du Monde", also with the translation of Batteux.

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[BLANCHET, Jean]. 

L'Homme éclairé par ses besoins. 

Paris, Durand, 1764.
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First edition.
The work of a philosopher who was won over to the ideas of the Lumières, Blanchet is resolutely modern: the 18th century is marked by the reign of science and the arts, and the passions of modern man are the subject of vibrant praise, including self-esteem, because it is they which allow the realization of the great projects of humanity, which a Diderot would not deny.

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