Other names le Pere Andre Main interests Aesthetics Role Mathematician Philosophical era Age of Enlightenment | Region French philosophy Name Yves Andre Areas of interest Aesthetics | |
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Born May 22, 1675 ( 1675-05-22 ) Chateaulin, Finistere Died February 26, 1764, Caen, France Books De Rham Cohomology of Differential Modules on Algebraic Varieties | ||
Yves Marie Andre (1675–1764), also known as le Pere Andre, was a French Jesuit mathematician, philosopher, and essayist.
Andre entered the Society of Jesus in 1693. Although distinguished in his scholastic studies, he adhered to Gallicanism and Jansenism and was thus considered unsuitable for responsible office by Church authorities. He therefore pursued scientific studies and became royal professor of mathematics at Caen.
He is best known for his Essai sur le Beau (Essay on Beauty), a 1741 philosophical work on aesthetics, which made him famous at the time and remained a well-known work into the 19th century.
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