In the history of thought, Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry as French priest and scholar (1805-1872).
Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry was born at Lille in 1805. His recorded nationality is France. He studied at École polytechnique.
The nineteenth century produced systems on a grand scale, and then the reaction against them.
His academic posts were held at University of Paris.
The recorded fields of work are philosophy, catholic theology and translation.
The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Legion of Honour.
That the work was done from France matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry died in 1872, aged 67. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Held posts at University of Paris
- Fields: philosophy, Catholic theology and translation
