René Le Senne (born Ernest René Lesenne; 8 July 1882, in

Elbeuf Elbeuf () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A light industrial town situated by the banks of the Seine some south of Rouen at the junction of the D7, D321 and the D313 roads. Th ...

– 1 October 1954, in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French idealist philosopher and psychologist.

Publications

* ''Obstacle et valeur'', Paris, F. Aubier 1934 * ''La découverte de Dieu'', Paris, Aubier, 1955 * ''Traité de morale générale'', Paris, Puf, 1942 * ''Le devoir'', Paris, Alcan, 1930 * ''Traité de caractérologie'', Paris, Puf, 1945 * ''Introduction à la philosophie'', Paris, Puf, 1949 * ''Le mensonge et le caractère'', Paris, F. Alcan, 1930 * ''La destinée personnelle'', Paris, Flammarion, Bibliothèque de philosophie scientifique, 1951 ;Articles * ''La découverte de Dieu'', recueil d'articles posthumes, 1955 * ''Le devoir comme principe de toute valeur'', Bulletin de la Société française de philosophie, 1932 * ''Qu'est-ce que la valeur ?'', Bulletin de la Société française de philosophie 1946. ;English Translation * ''Obstacle and Value'', Northwestern University Studies in Phenomenology & Existential Philosophy, 1972

References

1882 births 1954 deaths Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery École Normale Supérieure alumni French psychologists French spiritualists Writers from Rouen 20th-century psychologists {{France-med-bio-stub