Émile Saisset

Émile Edmond Saisset was a French philosopher born in Montpellier on September 16, 1814. He pursued his philosophical studies at the École Normale Supérieure, where he was a student of Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien and Jules Simon. Saisset continued the eclectic philosophical tradition, heavily influenced by Victor Cousin. He held teaching positions as a professor of philosophy at Caen, and later at the École Normale and the College de France in Paris. In 1862, he was elected a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques at the Sorbonne. Saisset was known for his work in psychology and was associated with the Eclectic school. His notable works include a monograph on Aenesidemus, *Le Scepticisme: Ænésidème, Pascal, Kant*, a translation of Spinoza, *Précurseurs et disciples de Descartes*, *Discours de la philosophie de Leibniz*, *Essai de philosophie religieuse*, and *Critique et histoire de la philosophie*. His philosophical output was significant despite his untimely death on December 27, 1863, at the age of 49, shortly after his appointment to the Sorbonne.