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Maine de Biran, Marie-François-Pierre

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Maine de Biran, Marie-François-Pierre (1766–1824)

French thinker and politician. He speculated that the self is an active power developed through experience, and developed a philosophy in which the will was the source of human freedom. He was councillor of state 1816.

Maine de Biran was a member and treasurer of the chamber of deputies (national assembly) 1814. His main works include L'Influence d'habitude/The Influence of Habit 1802 and Essai sur les fondements de la psychologie/Essay on the Foundations of Psychology 1812.



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