Louis Lavelle

Louis Lavelle (July 15, 1883—September 1, 1951) was a French philosopher. His magnum opus is "La Dialectique de l'éternel présent", a metaphysical work in four volumes: "De l'Être" (1928), "De l'Acte" (1937), "Du Temps et de l'Eternité" (1945), and "De l'Âme Humaine" (1951).

Lavelle's other writings include "La conscience de soi" (1933), "La présence totale" (1934), "L'Erreur de Narcisse" (1939), "Le Mal et la Souffrance" (1940), "La Parole et l'Écriture" (1947), and "Les puissances du Moi" (1948).

From the Inside Dust Jacket cover of his book "Evil and Suffering"“About the author:Louis Lavelle was born in France in 1883 and died there in 1951, one of the most prominent Christian Philosophers of our time. He was Professor at the College de France; at the Sorbonne; and lectured at German, Italian, Swiss, Belgian and Dutch universities. In 1947 he was recognized for his many philosophical and religious writings, and named to the Academie des sciences morales et politiques. Evil and Suffering is the first of his philosophical works to be published in this country.” - From back inside Dust Jacket of the book "Evil and Suffering", The Macmillan Company , New York, 1963. Originally published in 1940 as Le mal et la suffrance