Description: This classic essay from one of the twentieth-century's leading historians of European philosophy was formative to twentieth-century French thought.
Brief description: Jared C. Bly holds a PhD in Philosophy from Villanova University, having defended his dissertation in Spring of 2023. He currently works as an instructor in philosophy and humanities at Villanova University, and as an experienced translator of French. Jared's research concerns social-political philosophy and critical theory as well as aesthetics (the philosophy of the image, photography and film theory). He is the translator of texts by Gilles Deleuze, Elie During and Patrick Vauday among others. Jared is currently spearheading the publication of an edited volume entitled Aesthetics After Althusser and finds himself in the beginning stages of preparing a book manuscript on ideology critique, aesthetics and anti-colonial revolution.
Review Quotes: Bréhier's highly clear work on causality in Greek antiquity, on the articulation between Stoic physics and logic, on the enigmatic lekton, is a cult book that has pollinated the contemporary French philosophy of the event. The excellent translation is enriched by excellent essays that allow us to measure and elucidate its legacy.--Frédérique Ildefonse, CNRS, Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale, Paris