Charles Batteux

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Charles Batteux

Philosophy

#1473

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Logic

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• Philosophy

Charles Batteux's Degrees

• Doctorate Philosophy Université Paris Cité

Why Is Charles Batteux Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Charles Batteux was a French philosopher and writer on aesthetics. Biography Batteux was born in Alland'Huy-et-Sausseuil, Ardennes, and studied theology at Reims. In 1739 he came to Paris, and after teaching in the colleges of Lisieux and Navarre, was appointed to the chair of Greek and Roman philosophy in the Collège de France. His 1746 treatise Les beaux arts réduits à un même principe was an attempt to find a unity among existing theories of beauty and taste on "a single principle", and its views were widely accepted, not only in France but throughout Europe.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Charles Batteux?

Charles Batteux is affiliated with the following schools:

• Université Paris Cité