Jules Lequier | |
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 A statue of Lequier in Côtes-d'Armor | |
| Born | 30 January 1814 Quintin, France |
| Died | 11 February 1862 (aged 48) Plérin, France |
| Education | École Polytechnique (no degree) |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy |
Notable ideas | Double aspect of necessity (natural determinism and divine prescience) |
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Jules Lequier (or Lequyer,[2] French: [ləkɥije]; 30 January 1814 – 11 February 1862) was a French philosopher from Brittany. Lequier died, presumably by suicide, by swimming out into the ocean.
- ^ Ives Radrizzani, Fichte et la France, Volume 1, Éditions Beauchesne, 1997, p. 192.
- ^ Lequyer's birth certificate had "Lequier" but in 1834 his father had the spelling legally fixed as "Lequyer."