Frédéric Paulhan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frédéric Paulhan

French philosopher

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1856

Place of Birth: Nîmes, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 14-Mar-1931

Profession: librarian, psychologist, philosopher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Frédéric Paulhan

  • Frédéric Paulhan (21 April 1856, Nîmes – 14 March 1931) was a French philosopher.
  • He came from a family of merchants of Huguenot ancestry, and was a brilliant student at school in Nîmes.
  • He left without graduating, and spent a few years without a recognised profession, studying and writing and developing an interest in philosophy and Republican political movements.
  • In 1877 Paulhan contributed to the Revue Philosophique of Théodule Ribot.
  • Paulhan became liable for military service when his assigned number was drawn in a lottery, but he was released from serving because of his stuttering; this speech impediment also made it difficult for him to teach. After a political upset in the Nîmes city administration, which favoured Republicans, Paulhan was appointed librarian in 1881.
  • During the years he held this post, Paulhan applied positivist methods to the institution, modernising it.
  • He married Jeanne Thérond in 1884, and that same year their son was born, the future writer and editor Jean Paulhan.
  • Frédéric Paulhan resigned his post in December 1896, affected by political instability in the municipality, and he moved to Paris.
  • Here he continued to write, and he also built up an art collection of etchings, drawings, pastels along with a few paintings, purchased at auction.
  • This collection was sold in 1934. Paulhan entered the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in 1902, sponsored by Ribot.
  • He was awarded the Prix Jean-Reynaud in 1928.
  • Paulhan was a freethinker, a Dreyfusard and possibly a Freemason; his work has importance in the current of French psychology.
  • Among his books are Les caractères (1894), Les mensonges du caractère (1905), Le mensonge dans l'art (1907) and Le mensonge du monde (1921). Frédéric Paulhan died on 14 March 1931.
  • He is buried in the cemetery at Bagneux under a headstone carved with Masonic symbols.

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