Félix Ravaisson-Mollien
Felix Ravaisson-Mollien | |
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Jean-Gaspard-Félix Laché Ravaisson-Mollien (French:
His 'seminal' 'key' work was De l’habitude (1838), translated in English as Of Habit.
Biography
Ravaisson was born at
In 1838 he received his doctorate, his thesis entitled "De l'habitude" ("On Habit"), which was to become a classic text (a metaphysical 'poem' on nature in general apprehended through an intuitive analysis of acquired habit as a particular manifestation of its essential being, much admired by Bergson and Heidegger),[citation needed] and became professor of philosophy at Rennes. From 1840 he was inspector-general of public libraries, and in 1860 became inspector-general in the department of higher education. He was also a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, and curator of the Department of Antiquities at the Louvre (from 1870). He died in Paris in 1900.[9]
Philosophical work
In philosophy, he was one of the school of Victor Cousin, with whom he was at issue in many important points. The act of consciousness, according to him, is the basis of all knowledge. Acts of consciousness are manifestations of will, which is the motive and creative power of the intellectual life. The idea of God is a cumulative intuition given by all the various faculties of the mind, in its observation of harmony in nature and in man. This theory had considerable influence on speculative philosophy in France during the later years of the 19th century.[9]
Bibliography
Ravaisson's 'complete' 'three major' philosophical works are: Essai sur la métaphysique d’Aristote [Vol. 1 & Vol. 2] (1837 and 1846); De l’habitude (On Habit, 1838); and Rapport sur la philosophie en France au XIXeme siècle (1867).[10][11] Ravaisson also produced a number of other 'noteworthy essays' such as "La Philosophie contemporaine" ("Contemporary Philosophy", 1840); "La Philosophie de Pascale" ("Pascal’s Philosophy", 1887), and "Métaphysique et Morale" ("Metaphysics and Morals", 1893).[12] Upon his death he also 'left unfinished fragments of a major work, which were published posthumously', first as "Testament philosophique" in Revue de métaphysique et de morale ("Philosophical Testament", 1901), then later in extended form as Testament philosophique (Philosophical Testament, 1933).[12][13]
Year | Title | Original Publication Details | English Title | English Publication Details |
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1834 | De la Métaphysique d’Aristote | Unpublished competition manuscript.[a] Selections in De la nature à l’esprit, 2001.[b] |
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1837 | Essai sur la Métaphysique d’Aristote [Vol. 1][c] | Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1837.[d] | ||
1838 | De l’habitude | Sorbonne doctoral thesis (primary).[e] Paris: H. Fournier, 1838.[f] |
Of Habit | (1) Trans. C Carlisle & M Sinclair:[g] Of Habit, London & New York: Continuum, 2008.[h] (2) Updated trans. M Sinclair: Félix Ravaisson: Selected Essays, 2016, p. 31–58.[i] |
1838 | Speusippi de Primis Rerum Principiis Placita Qualia Fuisse Videantur ex Aristotele | Sorbonne doctoral thesis (secondary) [In Latin].[j] Translated into French in 2012.[k] |
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1840 | "La Philosophie contemporaine: Fragments de philosophie par M. Hamilton" | in La Revue des deux mondes, 1840, p.397–427. | "Contemporary Philosophy" | Trans. J Dunham: Félix Ravaisson: Selected Essays, 2016, p. 59–84.[l] |
1845 | Essai sur la Métaphysique d’Aristote [Vol. 2][m] | Paris: Joubert, 1845. | ||
1854 | De l’enseignement du dessin dans les lycées[n] | Paris: Dupont, 1854. | "The Art of Drawing According to Leonardo da Vinci" [Part trans.][o] |
Trans. M Sinclair: Félix Ravaisson: Selected Essays, 2016, p. 145–58 |
1856 | "Mémoire sur le Stoïcisme"[p] | in Mémoires de l'Institut Impériale de France, Académie des Inscriptions et Belle-Lettres, vol. XXI, 1857, p. 1-94. | "Essay on Stoicism" | Trans. A Efal and M Sinclair: Félix Ravaisson: Selected Essays, 2016, p. 85-144. |
1867 | La Philosophie en France au XIXème siècle[q] | Paris: Hachette, 1867. | ||
1871 | Venus de Milo [Version 1][r] | Paris: Hachette, 1871.[s] | ||
1875 | Les classiques de l'art: modèles pour l'enseignemnet du dessin | Paris: Rapilly, 1875[t] | ||
1880 | "Les monuments funéraires des Grecs"[u] | in Revue politique et littéraire. Revue blue, 10 April 1880, vol. XVIII, p. 963-70. | "Greek Funerary Monuments" | Trans. M Sinclair: Félix Ravaisson: Selected Essays, 2016, p. 229-242. |
1882 | "L'enseignement du dessin d'après M. F. Ravaisson" | in Dictionnaire de pedagogie et d'instruction primaire Vol. 1, 1882; Paris: Hachette, p. 671-84.[v] | "On the Teaching of Drawing"[w] | Trans. T Viola and M Sinclair: Félix Ravaisson: Selected Essays, 2016, p. 159-188. |
1887 | "La Philosophie de Pascale" | in La Revue des deux mondes 80, 1887, p. 399–428. | "Pascal’s Philosophy"[x] | Trans. M Sinclair: Félix Ravaisson: Selected Essays, 2016, p. 253–78. |
1892 | "Les mystères. Fragment d'une étude sur l'histoire des religions" | in Revue politique et littéraire. Revue blue, 19 March 1892, p. 362-6. | "Mysteries: Fragment of a Study of the History of Religion"[y] | Trans. M Sinclair: Félix Ravaisson: Selected Essays, 2016, p. 243-252. |
1892 | La Venus de Milo [Version 2][z] | in Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belle-Lettres, vol. XXXIV, Part 1, 1892, p. 145-256. also as off-prints by Klincksieck: Paris, 1892. |
"Venus de Milo" [Part trans.][aa] |
Trans. M Sinclair: Félix Ravaisson: Selected Essays, 2016, p. 189-228. |
1893 | "Métaphysique et morale" | in Revue de métaphysique et morale 1, 1893, 6–25.[bb] | "Metaphysics and Morals" | Trans. M Sinclair: Félix Ravaisson: Selected Essays, 2016, p. 279–94. |
1901 | "Testament philosophique" [Original][cc] | Ed. Xavier Léon in Revue de métaphysique et de morale 9/1, 1901, p. 1–31. | ||
1933 | Testament philosophique [Expanded][cc] | Ed. Charles Devivaise. Paris: Boivin, 1933. | "Philosophical Testament" | Trans. J Dunham and M Sinclair: Félix Ravaisson: Selected Essays, 2016, p. 295–336. |
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References
Notes
- ^ a b Sinclair (2019), p. 1
- ^ a b Sinclair (2016), p. 1
- ^ Carlisle (2010), p. 125
- ^ a b Grosz (2013), p. 219
- ^ Sinclair (2019), p. 9–10
- ^ a b c Sinclair (2019), p. 7
- ^ a b Sinclair (2019), p. 8
- ^ Sinclair (2019), p. 9
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ a b c Sinclair (2019), p. 6
- ^ Carlisle & Sinclair (2008), p. 4-5
- ^ a b Carlisle & Sinclair (2008), p. 5
- ^ a b Sinclair (2016), p. vii
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 2-3
- ^ a b Sinclair (2019), p. xi
- ^ a b c d e f g h Sinclair (2016), p. vi
- ^ Carlisle & Sinclair (2008), p. 1-21; 78-114
- ^ Carlisle & Sinclair (2008), p. 20
- . Retrieved 2020-04-05.
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 8-9
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 3-4
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 25
- ^ a b Sinclair (2016), p. 11-12
- ^ a b Sinclair (2016), p. 27
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 10-11
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 11
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 13-15
- ^ a b Sinclair (2016), p. 15-18
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 28
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 12-13
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 18
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 12
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 19-20
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 18-19
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 20-21
- ^ Sinclair (2016), p. 21-22
Sources
Primary
- Sinclair, Mark. Being Inclined: Félix Ravaisson’s Philosophy of Habit (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019)
Secondary
- Carlisle, Clare. "Between Freedom and Necessity: Félix Ravaisson on Habit and the Moral Life", in Inquiry (43/2: 2010), p. 123–45
- Carlisle, Clare and Mark Sinclair. "Editors’ Introduction" and "Editors’ Commentary" in Félix Ravaisson Of Habit, translation, introduction, and commentary by Clare Carlisle and Mark Sinclair (London/New York: Continuum, 2008), p. 1-21; 78-114
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ravaisson-Mollien, Jean Gaspard Félix". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 922. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- Grosz, Elizabeth. "Habit Today: Ravaisson, Bergson, Deleuze and Us", in Body and Society (19/2–3: 2013), p. 217–39
- Malabou, Catherine. "Addiction and Grace: Preface to Félix Ravaisson’s Of Habit" in Félix Ravaisson Of Habit, translation, introduction, and commentary by Clare Carlisle and Mark Sinclair (London/New York: Continuum, 2008), p. vii-xx
- Sinclair, Mark. "Introduction" in Félix Ravaisson: Selected Essays, edited by Mark Sinclair; translated by Jeremy Dunham, Adi Efal, Mark Sinclair, Tullio Viola (London: Bloomsbury, 2016), p. 1-29