DAMIRON

damiron, jean philibert (1794-1862), french philosopher, was born at belleville. at nineteen he entered the normal school, where he studied under burnouf, villemain, and cousin. after teaching for several years in provincial towns, he came to paris, where he lectured on philosophy in various institutions, and finally became professor in the normal school, and titular professor at the sorbonne. in 1824 he took part with p. f. dubois and th. s. jouffroy in the establishment of the _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 academy of moral sciences. damiron died at paris on the 11th of january 1862. the chief works of damiron, of which the best are his accounts of french philosophers, are the following:--an edition of the _nouveaux melanges philosophiques de jouffroy_ (1842), with 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, an article which gave rise to a bitter controversy, and to a book by pierre leroux, _de la mutilation des manuscrits de m. jouffroy_ (1843); _essai sur l'histoire de la philosophie en france au xix^e siecle_ (1828, 3rd ed. 1834); _essai sur l'histoire de la philosophie en france au xvii. siecle_ (1846); _memoires a servir pour l'histoire de la philosophie en france au xviii. siecle_ (1858-1864); _cours de la philosophie_; _de la providence_ (1849, 1850). see a. franck, _moralistes et philosophes_ (1872).