Leon Brunschvicg Quotes
Leon Brunschvicg was a French philosopher and the leading representative of French rationalist idealism in the first decades of the twentieth century. Long-time professor at the Sorbonne and a co-founder with Xavier Leon of the Revue de Metaphysique et de Morale, he taught a generation of French philosophers including Sartre, Beauvoir, Cavailles, and Levinas. The quotes below are attributed to Leon Brunschvicg, organized by topic.
Leon Brunschvicg on Knowledge
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Attributed to Leon Brunschvicg:
“Science is the laboratory in which philosophy meets reality.”
Leon Brunschvicg on Mind
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Attributed to Leon Brunschvicg:
“The history of mathematics is the autobiography of the human mind.”
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Attributed to Leon Brunschvicg:
“Reason is what the human spirit has done, not a faculty given once for all.”
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Attributed to Leon Brunschvicg:
“Self-knowledge is achieved in the works of intelligence, not in introspection.”
Leon Brunschvicg on Nature
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Attributed to Leon Brunschvicg:
“Each great theory in physics widens our notion of what it is to be.”