Rmi Brague

Rmi Brague
French philosopher
Contemporary Period
Birth	September 8, 1947
Main interests	Metaphysics , Politics , Religion , History of Philosophy
Major works	Aristotle and the question of the world. Essay on the cosmological and anthropological context of ontology The wisdom of the world. History of the human experience of the universe, God's law: philosophical history of an alliance, Europe, the Roman road
Influenced by	Plato , Aristotle , medieval philosophy, Heidegger , Leo Strauss
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Remi Brague, born 8 September 1947 in Paris, is a writer, philosopher , scholar, specialist in medieval philosophy Arab and Jewish, and connoisseur of Greek philosophy. He taught Greek philosophy, Roman and Arabic at the University of Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne and at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt in Munich. He is a member of the Institute.

It has been known for his work in Europe, the Roman road and for his essays on the Christian religion. His current research within the history of ideas in the very long term and the comparison between Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

Summary 1 Biography 2 Selected publications 2.1 Monographs 2.2 Translation 3 Notes and references 4 See also External 4.1 Links

/ / Biography

Student at the Ecole Normale Suprieure in the Rue d'Ulm in 1967 , he became professor of Philosophy in 1971 , then defended his doctoral thesis in 1976 under the leadership of Pierre Aubenque. Professor at the University of Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne, where he directs the research center "tradition of classical thought," Remi Brague also teaches at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt Munich (Germany), where he held the chair Romano Guardini ; he teaches the history of Christianity European. It was also John Findlay Visiting Professor at the University of Boston (United States). His area of study is significant: although officially specialist philosophies medieval Jewish and Arab , he first worked on the Greek philosophy , primarily on Plato , then Aristotle. His thesis ^3rd cycle was on the Meno of Plato (published as the rest). His doctoral thesis is a state study on the concept of world in Aristotle. It then turned his research on medieval Arabic, Jewish and Latin. He has published on St. Bernard , Razi and Maimonides. Rmi Brague is also a commentator on the work of Heidegger and a fine player Leo Strauss.

The work that was done outside the scope of expertise is erudite philosophical Europe, the Roman road, translated into several languages. His current work develops into a triptych with a clear representation of the concept of world (The wisdom of the world), then how thinking has historically represented the law of God (God's Law), the third volume to be published in 2008 , will focus on ways in which humans have historically sought to free itself from nature and God.

In 2009, Rmi Brague becomes a member of the Catholic Academy of France , an institution that follows the old "Circle of Catholic Intellectuals," with Pierre Manent, Philippe Capelle, Thierry Escaich, and Nathalie Naber .

He was elected to the Academy of Moral and Political Science 7 December 2009 the Chair of Jean-Marie Zemb.

Rmi Brague is polyglot: he speaks French, German, English and Spanish and his area of expertise includes ancient Greek, Latin, Arabic and medieval Hebrew.

Major Publications

Monograph

• The remainder. Supplement to the comments of Plato's Meno, Vrin / Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 1978, 247 p. - 2nd ed. unchanged, Vrin, 1999.
• Time of Plato and Aristotle. Four studies, PUF, Paris 1982, 181 p. - 2nd ed. unchanged, 1995.
• Aristotle and the question of the world. Essay on the cosmological and anthropological context of ontology, PUF, Paris, 1988, 560 p.
• Europe, the Roman road, Criterion, Paris, 1992, 189 p. - 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, ibid., 1993, 206 p. - 3rd ed. Revised and Expanded Folio-tests, NRF, Paris, 1999, 260 p.
• The wisdom of the world. History of the human experience of the universe, Fayard, Paris, 1999, 333 p.
• Hermeneutics and ontology, Mixtures in honor of P. Aubenque the occasion of his 60th birthday, ed. Rmi Brague and Jean-Francois Courtine , PUF, Paris, 1990, XXI-388 p.
• Saint Bernard and Philosophy, PUF, Paris 1993, 195 p.
• Die Macht of Worts Eranos, NF, Bd 4, Wilhelm Fink, Munich, 1996, 347 p.
• The law of God: Philosophical History of an alliance, Gallimard, Paris, 2005.
• Introduction to the Greek world: studies in history of philosophy, Transparency Publishing, 2005.
• Through the Middle Ages: Medieval Philosophy in Christianity, Judaism and Islam, Transparency Publishing, 2006.
• The God of Christians and one or two others, Flammarion, 2008 ( ISBN 2081213192 ).
• Vagabond image. Essay on Baudelaire's imagination, Transparency Publishing, 2008.
• "For a metaphysical basis" in Perspectives on the crisis. Reflections for understanding crisis ... and leave, collective work directed by Antoine Mercier Alain Badiou , Miguel Benasayag , Dany-Robert Dufour , Alain Finkielkraut , Elisabeth de Fontenay ..., Paris, ditions Hermann , 2010.

Translations

• Maimonides, Treatise on Ethics (Paris: Descle De Brouwer, 2001), 186p.
• Leo Strauss, Maimonides. Essays collected and translated, PUF, Paris, 1988, 376 p.
• Maimonides, Treatise on logic, DDB, Paris, 1996, 158 p.
• Shlomo Pines, The freedom to philosophize. Maimonides to Spinoza, DDB, Paris, 1997, 484 p.
• Themistius, Paraphrase of Aristotle's Metaphysics, Book Lambda, Paris, Vrin, 1999, 175 p.
• Razi, Medicine spiritual, Flammarion, Paris, 2003.

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