Jean Reynaud
French philosopher (1806–1863)
Jean Ernest Reynaud (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ɛʁnɛst ʁɛno]; February 14, 1806–July 28, 1863) was a French mining engineer and socialist philosopher.
He was a member of the Saint-Simonian community. He was a co-founder of the Encyclopédie nouvelle.
Life
He was born in Lyon on 4 February 1806. He graduated from the Polytechnic School in Lyon in 1827 and joined the School of Mines. In May 1829 he began a four month study tour of Germany including the Harz Mountains, Black Forest, Saxony, Hanover, Oldenbourg and Westphalia. He then spent a further two months studying mines in Belgium and the Netherlands. He graduated from the mining school in 1830.[1]
He was briefly imprisoned in the uprising of 1830. In 1854 he invented a new religious philosophy regarding the transmigration of souls which he saw as compatible both with traditional Christian views and modern ideas regarding reincarnation.[2]
He died in Paris on 28 June 1863 and was buried there in Pere Lachaise Cemetery.
Publications
- Minéralogie des Gens du Monde (1836)
- Histoire Élémentaire des Minéraux Usuels (1842)
- Terre et Ciel (1854)
References
- David Albert Griffiths, Jean Reynaud, encyclopédiste de l’époque romantique, d’après sa correspondance inédite, Paris : M. Rivière, 1965.
External links
- Biographical sketch (in Italian)
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French Executive Commission of 1848 (9 May 1848 to 24 June 1848)
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- Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges
- Adrien Recurt (sub-secretary of state Nicolas Henri Carteret)
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- Ulysse Trélat
- Hippolyte Carnot (sub-secretary of state Jean Reynaud)
- Joseph Grégoire Casy (sub-secretary of state Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur)
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