Édouard Le Roy

Philosopher
June 18, 1870 – November 9, 1954

Édouard Louis Emmanuel Julien Le Roy was a French philosopher. He entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1892, earned an aggregation in mathematics in 1895, and became a doctor of sciences in 1898. After teaching in several high schools, he became a professor of mathematics at the Lycée Saint-Louis in Paris in 1909.

Le Roy then made a surprising turn towards philosophy and metaphysics. A friend of Teilhard de Chardin and Henri Bergson, he was chosen by the latter to succeed him in the chair of Greek and Latin philosophy at the Collège de France. Elected a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in 1919, he once again succeeded Bergson at the Académie Française in 1945. In the wake of Bergson's quest, Le Roy questioned the relationship between science and morality. He participated in the renewal of the philosophy of science of his time, defending a radically conventionalist and pragmatic point of view. This anti-intellectualism led him, in the field of religion, to privilege the heart, sentiment or instinctive faith, and to reject dogmas, speculative theology, and abstract reasoning. This position earned him accusations of modernism and the inclusion of his works in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.

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Mentioned in 5 documents

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Reflection on the Compression of Mankind

In this compressed world, humanity feels the squeeze. But despair not! This pressure cooker of co-reflection may be evolution's secret recipe for elevating consciousness. As we rub elbows and neurons, a tantalizing possibility emerges on the horizon: a cosmic convergence of minds, a "conspiration" of monads. Will this psychic attraction be our salvation, harmonizing the restless billions? The thinking earth must choose: chaotic crush or convergent release. Intriguing times ahead!

Kevin Kelly

Technium Unbound

What comes after the Internet? What is bigger than the web? What will produce more wealth than all the startups to date? The answer is a planetary superorganism comprised of 4 billion mobile phones, 80 quintillion transistor chips, a million miles of fiber optic cables, and 6 billion human minds all wired together. The whole thing acts like a single organism, with its own behavior and character—but at a scale we have little experience with. This is more than just a metaphor. Kevin Kelly takes the idea of a global superorganism seriously by describing what we know about it so far, how it is growing, where its boundaries are, and what it will mean for us as individuals and collectively.

Vladimir Vernadsky

The Biosphere and the Noösphere

A general intellectual outlook of one of the most remarkable scientific leaders of the early twentieth century, focusing on a predicted historical and planetary phase transition in which humanity becomes a united force. Published in American Scientist Vol. 33, No. 1.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

The Formation of the Noösphere

The noösphere is the sum-total of mental activity which emerges out of a complex biosphere, and in this essay Teilhard describes how our planet is growing its very own mind.

Clément Vidal

What is the Noosphere?

Picture Earth evolving a new layer—not of rock or life, but of thought and technology. This “noosphere” is like a planetary brain emerging through our global networks, satellites, and collective intelligence. The paper explores how this mysterious transformation could represent Earth’s next evolutionary leap, potentially leading to planetary consciousness or even contact with other cosmic minds. It’s happening right now, though we’re still figuring out how to guide this planetary metamorphosis.