Louis Lavelle

Louis Lavelle
Louis Lavelle
Born	July 15, 1883 Saint-Martin-de-Villeréal
Died	September 1, 1951 Parranquet
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy French Spiritualism
Main interests	Metaphysics, Morality
Notable ideas	Classification of values, participation in the Absolute (participation à l'Absolu)
Influences Maine de Biran
Influenced Paul Ricœur, Gabriel Marcel, Jean Guitton, Nikolai Berdiaev, Olavo de Carvalho, Alfredo Bosi, A. D. Sertillanges, Walter J. Ong, Pierre Hadot

Louis Lavelle (July 15, 1883 – September 1, 1951) was a French philosopher. His magnum opus, La Dialectique de l'éternel présent (1922), is a systematic metaphysical work. Lavelle's other principal works include De l'Être (1928), De l'Acte (1937), Du Temps et de l'Eternité (1945), and De l'Âme Humaine (1951).

Louis Lavelle was born in France in 1883 and died there in 1951. He was Professor at the College de France; at the Sorbonne; and lectured at German, Italian, Swiss, Belgian and Dutch universities. In 1947 he was recognized for his many philosophical and religious writings, and named to the Académie des sciences morales et politiques.

Lavelle's other writings include La dialectique du monde sensible: Lu perception visuelle de la profondeur (1921), La conscience de soi (1933), La présence totale (1934), L'Erreur de Narcisse (1939), Le Mal et la Souffrance (1940), La Parole et l'Écriture (1947), and Les puissances du Moi (1948).