The Relationship between the Physical and the Moral in Man

Maine de Biran''s work has had an enormous influence on the development of French Philosophy – Henri Bergson called him the greatest French metaphysician since Descartes and Malebranche, Jules Lachelier referred to him as the French Kant, and Royer-Collard called him simply ''the master of us all'' – and yet the philosopher and his work remain unknown to many English speaking readers.

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