Xavier Léon
Xavier Léon (21 May 1868, Boulogne-Billancourt - 21 October 1935, Paris) was a French-Jewish philosopher and historian of philosophy. In 1893 Léon – together with Élie Halévy and others – helped found the French philosophical journal Revue de métaphysique et de morale. Léon remained editor of the journal until his death in 1935, when he was succeeded by Dominique Parodi. In 1900 he founded the International Congress of Philosophy, and in 1901 the Société Française de Philosophie. He wrote extensively on Johann Gottlieb Fichte. He is buried in the Jewish section of Père-Lachaise Cemetery. Works La philosophie de Fichte, ses rapports avec la conscience contemporaine, Paris: F. Alcan, 1902 Fichte et son temps, Paris: A Colin, 1922 Établissement et prédication de la doctrine de la liberté : la vie de Fichte jusqu'au départ d'Jéna (1762-1799), 1922 La lutte pour l'affranchissement national (1806 - 1813), 1924 Fichte à Berlin (1799 - 1813) : la lutte pour l'affranchissement national (1806 - 1813), 1927 References 1868 births 1935 deaths 19th-century French Jews Jewish philosophers 19th-century French philosophers French historians of philosophy French male non-fiction writers People from Boulogne-Billancourt Jewish French writers