Jean Borella
Jean Borella (born in Nancy, France, 1930) is a Christian philosopher and theologian. He was a former student of the French Orientalist and philosopher Georges Vallin and a professor of philosophy in Nancy, France. Borella's works are deeply inspired by Ancient and Christian neoplatonism, but also by the Traditionalist School of René Guénon and Frithjof Schuon.
Biography
Early years
Borella's father, Italian, made a career in military aviation before dying in 1937 in an air crash. Borella's mother was French from Lorraine}. Borella had a Catholic education and traditional secondary studies before attending the University of Nancy, graduating in 1953 with a degree in philosophy. In 1954, he married a Polish woman. They have three daughters, the youngest of which is a Benedictine nun, and four grandchildren.[1]
Later years
By 1957, Borella was a professor of philosopy in Gérardmer. In 1962, he became professor in Nancy, France, where he taught philosophy and French until 1977. In 1982, he was at the University of Paris X: Nanterre.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b "Jean Borella" (html). Google translation from French into English. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
Bibliography
- Esotérisme guénonien et mystère chrétien, L’Age d’Homme, Lausanne, 1997.
- Histoire et théorie du symbole, L’Age d’Homme,Lausanne, 2004 (édition revue et corrigée du "Mystère du signe", Maisonneuve et Larose, 1989).
- La charité profanée, Editions Dominique Martin Morin.
- La crise du symbolisme religieux, L’Age d’Homme, Lausanne, 1990.
- Le poème de la Création. Traduction de la Genèse 1-3, Ad Solem, 2002.
- Le sens du surnaturel, Ad Solem, Genève 1996.
- Lumières de la théologie mystique, L'Age d'Homme, Lausanne, 2002.
- Penser l’analogie, Ad Solem, Genève 2000.
- Symbolisme et réalité, Ad Solem, 1997.
- Guénonian Esoterism and Christian Mystery (cloth, 2005)
- Rene Guenon and the Crisis of the Modern World
- The secret of the Christian Way. A contemplative Ascent through the Writings of Jean Borella, edited and translated by John Champoux with a Foreword by Wolfgang Smith, State University of New York Press, Albany, 2001.
Further reading
- Bérard, Bruno, and Jean Borella. Jean Borella, la révolution métaphysique: après Galilée, Kant, Marx, Freud, Derrida. Religions et spiritualité. Paris: Harmattan, 2006. ISBN 2296007279
- Meramo, Basilio, and Bernard Tissier de Mallerais. Les hérésies de la gnose du professeur Jean Borella. Sion: Editions Les Amis de saint François de Sales, 1996. ISBN 3905519135
External links
- Editorial: Remarks on Jean Borella’s The Problematic of the Unity of Religions- by Renaud Fabbri, Vincit Omnia Veritas. III,1
- Intelligence Spiritual and Supernatural- Interview