Victor Cousin

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Victor Cousin
Born	28 November 1792 Paris, France
Died	14 January 1867 (1867-01-15) (aged 74) Cannes, France
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy Eclectic spiritualism[1]
Main interests	Ontology Epistemology
Notable ideas	The two principles of reason, cause and substance, enable humans to pass from psychology, or the science of knowledge, to ontology or the science of being

Victor Cousin (/kuːˈzæn/; French: [kuzɛ̃]; 28 November 1792 – 14 January 1867) was a French philosopher. He was the founder of "eclecticism", a briefly influential school of French philosophy that combined elements of German idealism and Scottish Common Sense Realism. As the administrator of public instruction for over a decade, Cousin also had an important influence on French educational policy.