Victor Charles Louis Brochard (; 29 June 1848 – 25 November 1907) was a French philosopher and

historian of philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

Life

Victor Brochard was born in

Quesnoy-sur-Deûle Quesnoy-sur-Deûle (, literally ''Quesnoy on Deûle''; vls, Kiezenet) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department ...

. He entered the

École Normale Supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

in 1868, and in 1872 was appointed professor of philosophy at the lycée de Pau. After a succession of other

lycée In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

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 Sorbonne may refer to: * Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities. *the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970) *one of its components or linked institution, ...

. Brochard died in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...

read and used Brochard's book on the Greek Skeptics intensively.

Andreas Urs Sommer Andreas Urs Sommer (born 14 July 1972) is a German philosopher of Swiss origin. He specializes in the history of philosophy and its theory, ethics, philosophy of religion, and Skepticism. His historical studies center on the philosophy of Enligh ...

: Nihilism and Skepticism in Nietzsche, in: Keith Ansell Pearson (ed.), A Companion to Nietzsche, Oxford 2006, pp. 250–269.

Works

* ''De l'erreur'', 1879. * (ed.) ''Discours de la méthode'' by

René Descartes René Descartes ( or ; ; Latinized: Renatus Cartesius; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science. Mathem ...

. 1883. * ''Les sceptiques grecs'', 1887. * ''Études de philosophie ancienne et de philosophie moderne'', 1912.

References

1848 births 1907 deaths French philosophers French historians of philosophy French male non-fiction writers {{France-philosopher-stub