Levy-Bruhl, Lucien
(1857-1939) Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne 1899-1939, represents a sociological and anthropological approach to philosophy; his chief contribution is an anthropological study of primitive religion which emphasizes the “prelogical” or mystical character of the thinking of primitive peoples. La Mentalite primitive (1922), Eng. trans., 1923; L’Ame Primitive (1927). His other writings includeHistory of Modern Philosophy in France (Eng. trans., 1899); The Philosophy of Auguste Comte (1900, Eng. trans., 1903). — L.W.