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Albert Farges
1848–1926
A French Sulpician priest, philosopher, and theologian, he wrote widely on scholastic thought, spiritual life, and mystical experience. His work helped bring Thomist ideas to new readers while staying closely tied to Catholic theology.
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La philosophie de M. Bergson
by Albert Farges
About the author
Born in Beaulieu, France, in 1848, Albert Farges entered the Sulpician seminary in Paris and was ordained a priest in 1872. He later taught in seminaries at Bruges and Nantes, directed a seminary in Paris for many years, and in 1896 became professor of philosophy at the Institut Catholique de Paris.
Farges is best known as a clear defender of scholastic and Thomist philosophy. He wrote on major philosophical themes such as life, evolution, act and potency, and modern thought, and he also published works on ascetic and mystical theology. Among the books associated with him are Mystical Phenomena and The Ordinary Ways of the Spiritual Life.
He died on June 9, 1926, in his native Beaulieu. Though not a household name today, his writing shows the range of a teacher who moved easily between philosophy and spirituality, with a steady aim of making demanding ideas more usable for students, clergy, and serious readers.