Charles Sorel, sieur de SouvignyCharles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny (c. 1602 – 7 March 1674) was a French novelist and general writer. Very little is known of his life except that in 1635 he was historiographer of France. He wrote on science, history and religion, but is only remembered for his novels. He tried to destroy the vogue for the pastoral romance by writing a novel of adventure, the Histoire comique de Francion (first edition in seven volumes, 1623; second edition in twelve volumes, 1633).
Jean C. BaudetJean C. Baudet is a Belgian philosopher and writer, born in Brussels (May 31, 1944) and dead in Laeken (July 18, 2021). J.C. Baudet taught philosophy and history of science, from 1966 to 1973, in Africa (Congo, Burundi). From 1973 to 1978, he was a biology researcher (agronomy faculty of Gembloux, Belgium, and Université de Paris-VI). In 1978, he was the founder of the periodical Technologia (history of Science-Technics-Industry). Since 1996, he was an editor of the Revue Générale (Bruxelles).
Charles BarthélemyCharles Barthélemy (Paris, 1825 – 1888) was a 19th-century French historian and archaeologist. (select list) 1854: Histoire de la Bretagne ancienne et moderne 1854: Rational ou manuel des divins offices, ou, Raisons mystiques et historiques de la liturgie catholique, a translation of a work by Guillaume Durand. 1856: Histoire de la Russie, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours 1859: Histoire de la Turquie Histoire de la Normandie ancienne et moderne 1862–1883: Erreurs et mensonges historiques - 18 volumes.
Nicolas François de NeufchâteauNicolas François de Neufchâteau (fʁɑ̃swa d(ə) nœfʃɑto, - nøʃɑto; 17 April 1750 - 10 January 1828) was a French statesman, poet, and agricultural scientist. Born at Saffais, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, the son of a schoolteacher, he studied at the college of Neufchâteau in the Vosges, and at the age of fourteen published a volume of poetry which obtained the interest of Voltaire. When only sixteen, he was elected member of some of the main academies of France. In 1783 he was named procureur-général to the council of Saint Domingue.
Albert BayetAlbert Pierre Jules Joseph Bayet (1 February 1880, Lyon – 26 June 1961, Paris) was a French sociologist, professor at both the Sorbonne and the École pratique des hautes études. He was the son of Charles Bayet, Byzantine art historian, director of higher education, and the son-in-law of the historian Alphonse Aulard. He graduated in 1901, becoming a professor at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in 1922. In 1923, he became directory of studies in the « Histoire des idées morales » [ethics] department of the École pratique des hautes études, later leading ethics courses at the Sorbonne.
François ChâteletFrançois Châtelet (27 April 1925 – 26 December 1985) was a historian of philosophy, political philosophy and professor in the socratic tradition. He was the husband of philosopher Noëlle Châtelet, the sister of Lionel Jospin. Châtelet was born and died in Paris. Along with Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze, he is at the origin of the department of philosophy at the University of Vincennes, and co-founded the Collège international de philosophie (International College of Philosophy).
Jean-Marc DanielJean-Marc Daniel (born 26 April 1954) is a French Economist, Professor at ESCP Business School and editorial Director of Societal magazine. He describes himself as a classic liberal. He is a Columnist for the newspaper Le Monde (on the history of economic ideas) and on BFM Business. He is a member of the board of Directors of the Société d'économie politique and of the editorial committee for the l’Année des professions financières, a reference work in economy and finance, published each year by the Centre des professions financières.
Crystal CubismCrystal Cubism (French: Cubisme cristal or Cubisme de cristal) is a distilled form of Cubism consistent with a shift, between 1915 and 1916, towards a strong emphasis on flat surface activity and large overlapping geometric planes. The primacy of the underlying geometric structure, rooted in the abstract, controls practically all of the elements of the artwork.
Royal Commission on Animal MagnetismThe Royal Commission on Animal Magnetism involved two entirely separate and independent French Royal Commissions, each appointed by Louis XVI in 1784, that were conducted simultaneously by a committee composed of four physicians from the Paris Faculty of Medicine (Faculté de médecine de Paris) and five scientists from the Royal Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences) (i.e., the "Franklin Commission", named for Benjamin Franklin), and a second committee composed of five physicians from the Royal Society of Medicine (Société Royale de Médecine) (i.
