Francisque Bouillier (12 July 1813 – 25 September 1899) was a French philosopher, born in

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s. He studied at the

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, Paris, and in 1839 was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Lyons. From 1849 to 1864 he was

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of the faculty at Lyons and from 1867 to 1870 director of the École Normale Supérieure. His works include: * ''Histoire et critique de la révolution cartésienne'' (1842) * ''Théorie de la raison impersonnelle'' (1844) * ''Du principe vital et de l'âme pensante'' (1862) * ''Du plaisir et de la douleur'' (1865) * ''La vraie conscience'' (1882) * ''Souvenirs d'un vieil universitaire'' (1897)

References

*Camille Latreille, ''Francisque Bouillier, le dernier des cartésiens'' (Paris, 1907) * French philosophers 1813 births 1899 deaths French male non-fiction writers {{France-philosopher-stub