Background
Elme Marie Caro was born in France on March 4, 1826. His father was a professor of philosophy.
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Elme Marie Caro was born in France on March 4, 1826. His father was a professor of philosophy.
Caro's father, a professor of philosophy, gave him an excellent education at the Stanislas College and the Ecole Normale, where he graduated in 1848.
After being professor of philosophy at several provincial universities, Elme Marie Caro received the degree of doctor, and came to Paris in 1858 as master of conferences at the ficole Normale. In 1861 he became inspector of the Academy of Paris, in 1864 professor of philosophy to the Faculty of Letters, and in 1874 a member of the French Academy. He married Pauline Cassin, the authoress of the РёсЫ de Madeleine and other well-known novels. He died in Paris on the 13th of July 1887. In his philosophy he was mainly concerned to defend Christianity against modern Positivism. The philosophy of Cousin influenced him strongly, but his strength lay in exposition and criticism rather than in original thought.
Besides important contributions to La France and the Revue des deux mondes, Elme Marie Caro wrote Le Mysticisme, LeMaterialisme et la science (1868), Le Pessimisms au, Jours d'ipreuves (1872), M. Littre et le positivisme (1883), George Sand (1887), Milanges et portraits (1888), La Philosophic de Goethe (2nd ed. , 1880).
In his philosophy Elme Marie Caro was mainly concerned to defend Christianity against modern Positivism.
Elme Marie Caro married Pauline Cassin, the author of the Pêche de Madeleine and other well-known novels.
