Frederic Morin

See also: Morin

Frederic Morin , was a Journaliste French, born with Lyon the June 11th 1823, died in 1874.

He was the son of a journalist who was, in 1830, editor association of the Précurseur . He finished his studies with Paris and was allowed in 1844 at the Teacher training school, where he devoted himself almost exclusively to the Philosophie. In 1847, he became professor of this science with Mâcon, then was made receive aggregate philosophy in 1848, and finally was sent, the following year, with the college of Nancy.

After the December 2nd, 1851, he decided vigorously against the Coup d'etat and was sent in disgrace to the college of Bourges. Having shortly after refused to lend oath to the Head of the State, he was regarded as having given his resignation of Professor. With this occasion, it met Henri Brisson, which was yet only student, and with which there remained dependant all his life. Morin returned then to Paris, where, in a rather precarious position, he lived several years of the product of some lessons, sharing his time between work of free professorship, the composition of various works and collaboration with several newspapers. Decree successively in 1853, in 1854, and twice in 1857 for offenses of opinion, it had to undergo each time a more or less prolonged preventive imprisonment.

In 1857, then in 1863, it stood as a candidate of the opposition to Lyon, at the time of the elections for the legislative Body, but it failed, obtaining however a big number of voice. In the month of May 1859, it presented its candidature for Paris, in the 7th district, but it withdrew it before the poll. In August of this same year, it was named member of the general advice of the Rhone. The majority of the general advice and that of the council of district being refused to express the wish that the Municipal council of the town of Lyon was elected by the people, Morin urged the members independent of the two councils to give their resignation. Fourteen resignations, including that of Morin, were thus given, and on December 1st, 1867, the fourteen resigners were re-elected with one crushing majority.

Named by the government of National defense Prefect of Saône-et-Loire, on September 5th, 1870, Morin fulfills these functions, that the circumstances made so difficult, until the month of February 1871, time when it gave his resignation. A governmental loan having been open to provide for the military needs for defense, Morin urged the public civils servant to subscribe to this loan in their recalling that they had lived long years at the expense of the nation. While leaving its functions, it turned over to Paris and began again, the drafting Rappel , the place which it occupied before the war. In the month of June 1871, it was stopped, but it almost at once was slackened afterwards.

During a certain time, Morin belonged to the group of the catholic democrats, whose chief was Philippe Buchez; but it was not long in separating some to enter an order of ideas much broader and much more logical. It published a kind of general program of philosophy under the title: the Philosophy of sciences, sought in their history . This program initially appeared in the Review of Paris and was then printed separately.

The general idea of Morin is that progress is not done by evolution but by revolutions. The author tried to show this thesis by the compared history of sciences and philosophy. He presented these ideas in several opuscules and articles. In the light of its theory, he proposed a new method to study the history, the exhibitor with force and conviction in one little book popular entitled: France with the Middle Ages (1859, in-16), applying its method to the study of the first efforts of the French democracy, i.e. with the study of the communal revolution and the parliamentary attempts of XIVe century.

As journalist, Morin put at the service republican ideas its firm and vigorous talent, its vast philosophical and historical knowledge. Among the many newspapers and collections in which he collaborated, we will quote: the Future , the Correspondent , the Review of Paris , the Review of the state education , the Mail of Sunday , Estafette , the Press , the Illustration , the Progress of Lyon , the Headlight of the Loire , the Gironde , the Germanic Review , the national Future , the Recall , etc It took part in the creation of several of them. It founded moreover, in 1865 with Massol and Brisson independent Morals .

Him the following works are owed:

Holy François d' Assise and Franciscains (1853);
Of the Genesis and the principles metaphysics of modern science (1856);
Dictionary of theology and philosophy scholastics (1857-1858, 2 vol.) belonging to the collection of the Migne abbot;
Principles of the civil law in France (1860);
Ideas of time present (1863);
contemporary Men and books (1862);
Summarized popular of the civil code (1863);
Origins of the democracy, France with the the Middle Ages (1864); etc

Source

Larousse : Large Universal Dictionary of the 19th century

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