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LEon Brunschvicg[lAON´ brUn´shvEk] Pronunciation Key, 1869–1944, French philosopher, b. Paris. From 1909 until his death he taught at the Sorbonne. Brunschvicg's philosophy, which has had considerable influence on modern European thought, is usually called critical idealism. He extended the teachings of Kant and Hegel and also drew upon Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, and Pascal. He regarded mathematics as the highest level yet reached by human thought and maintained that judgment preceded all other activities of the mind. For Brunschvicg, God was whatever enables us to live the life of the spirit. His principal works are La ModalitE du jugement (1897); Les Etapes de la philosophie mathEmatique (1912); Le ProgrEs de la conscience dans la philosophie occidentale (2 vol., 1927); and La Raison et la religion (1939).
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