The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . aris, 1836), Lesoeuvres dhistoire naturelle de Goethe (1838). Hefounded with Dezeimeris a medical magazine, LEx-p^rience (1837), and translated the Natural His-tory of Pliny the Elder (Paris, 1848), the Hand-Ijook of Physiology by MuUer (Paris, 1851), andissued a revised edition of Pierre Nystens Diction-naire de M^decine et de Chirurgie (Paris, 1S54).From 1839 to 1861, he published a translation of theworks of Hippocrates. On account of his re


The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . aris, 1836), Lesoeuvres dhistoire naturelle de Goethe (1838). Hefounded with Dezeimeris a medical magazine, LEx-p^rience (1837), and translated the Natural His-tory of Pliny the Elder (Paris, 1848), the Hand-Ijook of Physiology by MuUer (Paris, 1851), andissued a revised edition of Pierre Nystens Diction-naire de M^decine et de Chirurgie (Paris, 1S54).From 1839 to 1861, he published a translation of theworks of Hippocrates. On account of his researchesin the scientific field, he was elected to the Academicdes Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1839. Whilepursuing his scientific studies, he was greatly inter-ested in politics. In 1831, having been introduced toArmand Carrel, he had become a regular contributor tothe newspaper Le National and retained that posi-tion up to the Revolution of 1848. Realizing that thepolitical movement was no longer in accordance withhis own ideas, he severed his connexions with LeNational and devoted his entire time to his studies. LITURGICAL 296 LITURGICAL. It was towards 1840 that he was initiated into thePositivist philosophy and got acquainted with AugustaComte, of whom he soon became an independent fol-lower. As a philosopher, he wrote: Analyse rai-sonn6 du cours de philosophic positive (Paris, 1845),LApplication de la philosophic positive au gou-vernement des soci^tcs (Paris, 1849), Conserva-tion, Revolution et positivisme (Paris, 1852), Pa-roles de philosophie positive (Paris, 1859), AugusteOomteet la pliilosophie positive (1863), Fragmentsde philosopliic positive et de sociologie contempor-aine (ls7tj). In LSB:!, he was a candidate for the French Academy,but owing to thestrong oppositionof Mgr Dupan-loup. Bishop ofOrleans, who de-nounced his worksas immoral andimpious, he wasrejected. He wasafterwards ad-mitted to theAcademy, in 1871,and Bishop Du-panloup sent hisresignation, to-ge


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