Adolphe Franck wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.
The record lists Adolphe Franck as French philosopher (1809–1893).
Adolphe Franck was born at Liocourt in 1810. His recorded nationality is France.
The nineteenth century produced systems on a grand scale, and then the reaction against them.
His academic posts were held at Collège de France.
Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
That the work was done from France matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Adolphe Franck died in 1893, aged 83. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at Collège de France
