Editing Jean Philibert Damiron

{{Short description|French philosopher (1794–1862)}}
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'''Jean-Philibert Damiron''' ({{IPA|fr|damiʁɔ̃|lang}}; 10 January 1794 – 11 January 1862) was a French [[philosopher]].

==Biography==
Damiron was born at [[Belleville, Paris|Belleville]]. At nineteen he entered the École Normale, where he studied under [[Eugène Burnouf]], [[Abel-Francois Villemain]], and [[Victor Cousin]]. After teaching for several years in provincial towns, he came to [[Paris, France|Paris]], where he lectured on philosophy in various institutions, and finally became professor in the normal school, and titular professor at the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]]. In 1824 he joined [[Paul-François Dubois]] and [[Théodore Simon Jouffroy]] in establishing ''[[Le Globe]]''; and he was also a member of the committee of the society which took for its motto ''[[Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera]]''. In 1833 he was appointed chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and in 1836 member of the [[Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques|Academy of Moral Sciences]]. Damiron died in Paris.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=788}}

==Works==
Damiron works are known for his accounts of French philosophers:
* ''Nouveaux mélanges philosophiques de Jouffroy'' (1842), one edition contained a notice of the author, in which Damiron softened and omitted several expressions used by Jouffroy, which were opposed to the system of education adopted by the Sorbonne.
* ''De la mutilation des manuscrits de M. Jouffroy'' (1843), an article which gave rise to a bitter controversy, and to a book by [[Pierre Leroux]], .
* ''Essai sur l'histoire de la philosophie en France au XIX<sup>e</sup> siècle'' (1828, 3rd ed. 1834)
* ''Essai sur l'histoire de la philosophie en France au XVII<sup>e</sup> siècle'' (1846)
* ''Mémoires a servir pour l'histoire de la philosophie en France au XVIII<sup>e</sup> siècle'' (1858-1864)
* ''Cours de la philosophie''
* ''De la Providence'' (1849, 1850){{sfn|Chisholm|1911|pp=788–789}}

==References==
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* {{EB1911|wstitle=Damiron, Jean Philibert|volume=7|pages=788–789}}
* {{cite book |first=Adolphe |last=Franck |author-link=Adolphe Franck |title=Moralistes et philosophes |year=1872 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k220856b.image |language=fr}}

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