René Hubert (22 July 1885 – 13 October 1954) was a French historian of philosophy and educational theorist. Hubert was born in Dammartin-en-Serve. He gained his agrégé in philosophy in 1908. He became professor of Morals, Sociology and Philosophy of Science at the Faculty of Letters of the

University of Lille The University of Lille (french: Université de Lille, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, Hauts-de-France. It has its origins in the University of Douai (1559), and resulted from the m ...

in 1923, and in 1936 Rector of the Academy of Poitiers.Annick Ohayon, Dominique Ottavi, Antoine Savoye, ''L'éducation nouvelle, histoire, présence et devenir'', Peter Lang, 2004, p.252 He wrote on the eighteenth-century Enlightenment - the '' Encyclopédie'',

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolu ...

and

Baron d'Holbach Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach (; 8 December 1723 – 21 January 1789), was a French-German philosopher, encyclopedist, writer, and prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. He was born Paul Heinrich Dietrich in Edesheim, near Land ...

- as well as on

educational theory Education sciences or education theory (traditionally often called ''pedagogy'') seek to describe, understand, and prescribe education policy and practice. Education sciences include many topics, such as pedagogy, andragogy, curriculum, learning, ...

Works

* ''Les Sciences sociales dans l'Encyclopédie. La philosophie de l'histoire et le probleme des origines sociales'', 1923 * ''D'Holbach et ses amis'', 1928 * ''Rousseau et l'Encyclopédie. Essai sur la formation des idées politiques de Rousseau (1742 - 1756)'', 1928 * ''Traité de la pédagogie générale'', 1946 * ''Histoire de la pédagogie'', 1949

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René Hubert
at the International Dictionary of Intellectual Historians {{DEFAULTSORT:Hubert, Rene 1885 births 1954 deaths French historians of philosophy 20th-century French philosophers French philosophers of education French male non-fiction writers 20th-century French male writers