Author: Josef Hoëné-Wronski (1776–1853)
Title: Messianisme. Union finale de la philosophie et de la religion, constituant la philosophie absolue
Place of publication: Paris
Year: 1831, 1839
Time of creation: unknown
Exact bibliographic reference: [Josef Hoëné-Wronski:] Messianisme. Union finale de la philosophie et de la religion, constituant la philosophie absolue, ParisVol. 1: Prodrome du Messianisme. Révélation des destinées de l’humanité, G. Doyen 1832Bd. 2: Métapolitique messianique, désordre révolutionnaire du monde civilisé, Jules Didot l’aîné 1839
Description: As a reaction to the revolutionary changes of his time, the Polish-French polymath Josef Hoëné-Wroński developed a messianic philosophy tinged with occultist undertones. With his renewed union of reason and revelation, he intended to restore the harmony of the premodern world. Hoëné-Wronski coined the term «messianism», which for the first time appeared in his publication of 1832.
Critical edition: L’Œuvre philosophique de Hoené Wronski. Textes, commentaires et critique, ed. by Francis Warrain, vol. 1, Paris: Véga 1933
Studies: Philippe d’Arcy: Hoëné-Wronski. Une philosophie de la création. Présentation, choix de textes, bibliographie, Paris: Seghers 1970