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Jean Cavaillès philosophe et combattant 1903-1944
195088155Paris: P.U.F. 1950. Fine. P.U.F. Paris 1950 14 x 19.50 cm relié First edition one of 50 numbered copies on Lafuma pure white laid paper the only deluxe copies. Half-shagreen red binding spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fleuron rubbing to spine marbled paper boards endpapers and pastedowns front cover preserved speckled top edge contemporary binding. Study by Gaston Bachelard on the work of Jean Cavaillès. Philosopher and epistemologist Jean Cavaillès was one of the principal military leaders of the internal Resistance. Companion of the Liberation and co-founder of the Libération resistance movement he distanced himself from it and created at the instigation of Colonel Passy in April 1942 the espionage and sabotage network Cohors while continuing to teach at the Sorbonne. Arrested several times detained in a camp then tortured during his third and fourth detentions in Paris he gave up no names. He was shot at Arras on April 4 1944. P.U.F. hardcover
