"The distinctive feature of Medieval philosophy, which reached its peak in scholasticism, is the effort to use reason …"

"Mysticism consists, according to a beautiful definition I find in Plotinus], in seeing with closed eyes [...] in seei…"

"[...] the person of Ravaisson himself is like the act, the fulfilment of the thought which, in his written philosophy…"

"Above all, [Félix Ravaisson] was a writer. He expressed himself in broad, flexible, simple and wise phrases, elegant …"

"The whole person of Ravaisson was the manifestation of one unique thing: his intimate union of thought and heart with…"

"A philosopher is a man who compares the knowledge and beliefs of men in order to investigate their relationships; the…"

"[...] the history of philosophy deals with the doctrines conceived by philosophers, not philosophy in general in its …"

"Socrates' condemnation of ancient physics has its root cause in the ideas inherent in his own nation. Greece could no…"

"Scientific laws, says Boutroux, result from the collaboration of the spirit and things; they are the product of the a…"

"The main core around which Boutroux's thought revolves is the problem of science and the meaning of natural laws. Fro…"