Guyau

(Marie Jean), French philosopher, b. 1854, was crowned at the age of 19 by the Institute of France for a monograph on Utilitarian morality. In the following year he had charge of a course of philosophy at the Condor cet lycée at Paris. Ill health, brought on by exce of work, obliged him to retire to Mentone, where he occupied himself with literature. His principal works are La Morale d’Epicure (the morality of Epicurus), in relation to present day doctrines, 1878, La Morale Anglaise Contempo raine (Contemporary English Ethics), ’79, crowned by the Academy of Moral Sciences. Verses of a philosopher, ’81. Esqui e d’une morale sans obligation ni sanction (Sketch of morality without obligation or sanction,) ’84, and L’Irreligion de l’Avenir (the Irreligion of the Future) ’87. M. Guyau was a follower of M. Fouillée, but all his works bear the impre of profound thought and originality. A chief doctrine is the expansion of life. Died Mentone, 31 March, 1888.