Groupe d'études philosophiques et scientifiques pour l'examen des idées nouvelles

The Groupe d'études philosophiques et scientifiques pour l'examen des idées nouvelles (Philosophical and scientific society for the assessment of emerging ideas) was a French philosophical study group who met at the Sorbonne, Paris in the 1920s and early 1930s. It was established by René and .

History[]

The group was inaugurated on 7 December 1922^[1] with a presentation by Paul Langevin.^[2] In 1925 René Allendy described the aims of the group in terms of bringing together artists, scientists and other intellectuals from the universities.^[2] The group continued until 1934.^[3]

Anaïs Nin described one of their events:

"In an amphitheatre at the Sorbonne. The chaste and serious atmosphere of the class room. Madame Allendy was there: white hair, blue eyes, maternal, solid. (...)"^[2]

Selected speakers[]

References[]

^ Guichard, Louis Ceschino, Thierry. "Les égarés oubliés du Matricule des Anges 031". www.lmda.net. Le Matricule des Anges. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Meffre, Liliane; Salazar-Ferrer, Olivier (2008). Carl Einstein et Benjamin Fondane (in French). Bruxelles: Peter Lang. ISBN 9789052014456. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
^ Meffre, Liliane (2006). "Carl Einstein at the Sorbonne. With an unpublished letter to René Allendy". Germanic Studies (2006/1 (N ° 241)): 81 to 86.

[Guichard-1] Guichard, Louis Ceschino, Thierry. "Les égarés oubliés du Matricule des Anges 031". www.lmda.net. Le Matricule des Anges. Retrieved 6 March 2018.

[MSF-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Meffre, Liliane; Salazar-Ferrer, Olivier (2008). Carl Einstein et Benjamin Fondane (in French). Bruxelles: Peter Lang. ISBN 9789052014456. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

[Meffre-3] Meffre, Liliane (2006). "Carl Einstein at the Sorbonne. With an unpublished letter to René Allendy". Germanic Studies (2006/1 (N ° 241)): 81 to 86.

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