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Edouard Le Roy
1870–1954
A French thinker who moved easily between mathematics, science, and religion, he became known for probing how scientific ideas are formed and what faith can mean in the modern world. His work sits close to Henri Bergson’s and helped shape early 20th-century debates about knowledge, action, and belief.
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A New Philosophy : Henri Bergson
by Edouard Le Roy
About the author
Born in Paris in 1870, Édouard Le Roy was a French philosopher and mathematician. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure, earned the agrégation in mathematics in 1895, and built a career that crossed both science and philosophy.
Le Roy is often remembered for writing about the philosophy of science, ethics, and religion. He was closely associated with Henri Bergson, and his work explored how scientific laws and concepts are shaped by human thought and practice rather than simply read off from nature.
He later taught at the Collège de France and was elected to the Académie française. He died in Paris in 1954, leaving behind a body of work that connected rigorous scientific training with wide-ranging philosophical reflection.