Paul Janet
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"The unity of the human race, the equality of man and therefore justice in the state, the equal worth of men and women, respect for the rights of wives and children, benevolence, love, purity in the family, tolerance and charity towards our fellows, humanity in all cases, even in the terrible necessity of punishing criminals with death — these are the fundamental ideas which fill the books of the later Stoics." 1 Jacques Denis, Histoire des théories et des idées morales dans l'antiquité (1856), Vol. II pp. 191 f.; quoted by Janet, Histoire de la science politique (19x3)* Vol. I, p. 249. cited in A History of Political Theory (1937) by George Holland Sabine |
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Paul Alexandre René Janet (30 April 1823 – 4 October 1899) was a French philosopher and writer.
Biography
Born in Paris, he became professor of moral philosophy at Bourges (1845–1848) and Strasbourg (1848–1857), and of logic at the lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris (1857–1864). In 1864 he was appointed to the chair of philosophy at the Sorbonne, and elected a member of the academy of moral and political sciences.
He wrote widely on philosophy, politics and ethics, on idealistic lines: La Famille, Histoire de la philosophie dans l'antiquité et dans le temps moderne, Histoire de la science politique, Philosophie de la Revolution Française, etc. However, in the opinion of 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, these writings are not characterised by much originality of thought. In philosophy he was a follower of Victor Cousin, and through him of G. W. F. Hegel. His principal work, Théorie de la morale, owes much to Immanuel Kant.
Works
- The Materialism of the Present Day, a Critique of Dr. Büchner's System Template:ISBN
