The Philosopher
Victor Cousin
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- French
- Schools:
- Eclectic philosophy, Spiritualism (philosophy), Continental philosophy, German idealism, Scottish common sense realism
- Period:
- Late modern philosophy
The synopsis
The works
Fragments philosophiques
Cours de philosophie morale – Philosophie scolastique
Cours d'histoire de la philosophie moderne
Philosophie populaire
Justice et charité
Premiers essais de philosophie
Du vrai, du beau et du bien
Histoire générale de la philosophie
The quotes
Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice.
All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the state; but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things.
True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.
All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.
The beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.