Georges Bénézé

Georges Bénézé (26 October 1888 – 24 February 1978) was a French philosopher with a scientific background, which enabled him to temper the French critics of Einstein's Relativity theory during the 1920s.

Bénézé was a disciple and editor of French philosopher Alain. Having completed his higher education as a student of the École normale supérieure (Paris), he taught Hegel's philosophy in a number of provincial lycées, most notably in Poitiers where Jean Hyppolite was a student,[1] then became Professor of Lycée Henri-IV starting in 1936. A regular contributor to L'Œuvre, a collaborationist paper of Vichy France, Bénézé was sentenced to Indignité nationale by virtue of the 1944 Ordonnances, and then fired from public employment.[2] Alain's private journal witnesses his regular calls at his old master's until 1950. His memories of Alain's philosophical teachings (Généreux Alain) were published in 1962.

Works

  • Allure du transcendental, 1936[3]
  • Valeur. Essai d'une théorie générale, 1936[4]
  • (ed.) Les arts et les dieux, 1958
  • Généreux Alain, 1962

References

  1. ^ Schrift, Alan D. (2005), Twentieth-century French Philosophy:Key Themes and Thinkers, Oxford: Blackwell Pub., ISBN 1-4051-3218-3
  2. ^ Alain (2010), Souvenirs sans égards (in French), Aubier, ISBN 9782700704112
  3. ^ G. B. (Dec 17, 1936), "Allure du transcendental by Georges Bénézé (review)", The Journal of Philosophy, 33 (26): 719–20, doi:10.2307/2015671, JSTOR 2015671
  4. ^ G. B. (Jan 21, 1937), "Valeu. Essai d'une théorie générale by Georges Bénézé (review)", The Journal of Philosophy, 34 (2): 50
  • Sernin, André (1982), Un Philosophe méconnu, Georges Bénézé : 1888-1978, Paris: Editions France-Empire, ISBN 978-2-7048-0045-2


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