Victor Brochard
French philosopher (1848–1907)
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Victor Charles Louis Brochard (French: [bʁɔʃaʁ]; 29 June 1848 – 25 November 1907) was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy. He was a proponent of French spiritualism.[1]
Life
Victor Brochard was born in Quesnoy-sur-Deûle. He entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1868, and in 1872 was appointed professor of philosophy at the Lycée de Pau.
After a succession of other lycée appointments, he was appointed lecturer at the École Normale Supérieure in 1886. A few years later he was appointed professor of the history of ancient philosophy at the Sorbonne.[2]
Brochard died in Paris.
Friedrich Nietzsche read and used Brochard's book on the Greek Skeptics intensively.[3]
Works
- De l'erreur, 1879.
- (ed.) Discours de la méthode by René Descartes. 1883.
- Les sceptiques grecs, 1887.
- Études de philosophie ancienne et de philosophie moderne, 1912.
