Born in Loudun, Vienne, France.
In 1640, he suggested that gravitational force follow an inverse-square law.
He died in Paris, France.
... (1836) Psychologie oder Wissenschaft vom subjektiven Geist (1837; 3rd ed., 1863) Kritische Erläuterungen des Hegelschen Systems (1840) Vorlesungen über Schelling ...