Talk:Victor Cousin

Untitled
Both the Scottish School and Descartes.

The article was fully adequate in its description of the Scottish "Common Philosophy" which influenced Cousin against the materialist sensationalism that (taken from a one sided view of John Locke) had dominated French thought in the 18th century - I have tried (to some extent) to correct this weakness in the article. However, it also often claimed (for example by James McCosh in his 19th century "The Scottish Philosophy" section on Cousin) that it was not jut Scottish Philosophy thought that influenced Cousin against the materialist sensationalists - that Cousin was also influenced by (and brought back into French thought) elements of the thought of Descartes (specifically on mind) - someone else, more learned in this matter that I am, may wish to write a section of the article on this matter.94.7.128.32 (talk) 19:53, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Date of death : 13 or 14 January ?
Since 2003, this article contains an error. Victor Cousin died the 14 January, and not the 13th.

References : ~Pyb (talk) 12:29, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * EB 1911 : 13 January 1867
 * Académie française : 14 January
 * his grave : 14 January
 * French National Library : 14 January

Library
In the “Death” section, the adjective “noble” is used twice to describe Cousin’s library. That word is an evaluative word that merely expresses someone’s personal opinion about the library’s worth or importance.108.24.200.168 (talk) 15:50, 2 October 2021 (UTC)Roger Branflakes

Several Issues
Hegel is addressed, but never linked. Cousin wrote extensively but there are few direct links to any of his writings except a link to ALL of his writings (you sort it out yourself, peasant!). This is an English entry, so only linking to his writings in English makes sense instead of expecting the reader to know how to navigate Archive[dot]org" https://archive.org/search?query=%28%28subject%3A%22Cousin%2C+Victor%22+OR+subject%3A%22Victor+Cousin%22+OR+creator%3A%22Cousin%2C+Victor%22+OR+creator%3A%22Victor+Cousin%22+OR+creator%3A%22Cousin%2C+V.%22+OR+title%3A%22Victor+Cousin%22+OR+description%3A%22Cousin%2C+Victor%22+OR+description%3A%22Victor+Cousin%22%29+OR+%28%221792-1867%22+AND+Cousin%29%29+AND+%28-mediatype%3Asoftware%29&and%5B%5D=language%3A%22English%22

I am currently reading his "SECRET HISTORY OF THE FRENCH COURT UNDER RICHELIEU AND MAZARIN," and it seems Wikipedia editors are oblivious to its contents or intentionally ignoring it.

Cousin basically thought most people are too stupid to make any decisions for themselves, so an authority should do it for them, but he took lots of words to say it. This article only helps to confuse people, rather than informing them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.144.246.119 (talk) 15:11, 12 January 2024 (UTC)