Système universel

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Système universel is an eight-volume work by philosopher Pierre-Hyacinthe Azaïs, published between 1809 and 1812. In this work, Azaïs expands on his idea that human experience is characterized by a natural balance between joy and sadness, and that meaning is found within this equilibrium. He further relates this concept to cosmological ideas, proposing that all experience can be understood as an interplay between expansive and compressive forces. Azaïs was a philosopher known for his optimism and his belief in the harmonious balance of human emotions.1

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Pierre-Hyacinthe Azaïs
In a following work, Système universel, 8 vol. (1809–12), he further developed the same idea and related it to certain cosmological concepts. At the core of this voluminous work is the notion that all experience (past, present, and future) can be understood in terms of an interaction between expansive…
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In a following work, Système universel, 8 vol. (1809–12), he further developed the same idea and related it to certain cosmological concepts. At the core of this voluminous work is the notion that all experience (past, present, and future) can be understood in terms of an interaction between expansive…
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