Curated playlist
French male non-fiction writers
- Jules LequierPhilosopher Jules Lequier argued that the future does not yet exist for God to know.
- Émile DurkheimÉmile Durkheim came from eight generations of rabbis, yet argued religion was social, not divine.
- Gilles DeleuzeGilles Deleuze never trimmed his fingernails. He once explained that he lacked "normal protective fingerprints", and so could not "touch an object, particularly a piece of cloth, with the pads of my fingers without sharp pain". It is a…
- Alfred CobbanAlfred Cobban used a 1954 London lecture to call a famous view of the French Revolution a myth.
- Dudo of Saint-QuentinDudo of Saint-Quentin wrote Norman history without consulting any existing documents.
- Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de GuibertIn 1770, Guibert's essay predicted a nation with a national army would rule Europe. It came before Napoleon.
- Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville was sent to America to study prisons. He went far beyond that and wrote a book on democracy.
- François CatrouA Jesuit priest who founded a major journal also wrote a 21-volume history of Rome. François Catrou did both.
- Jean-Baptiste SayNapoleon's government removed economist Jean-Baptiste Say from office in 1804. He then built a cotton mill instead.
- Jules MicheletHistorian Jules Michelet was the first to use "Renaissance" for a whole era.