| Adolphe Franck | |
| Birth Date: | 1809 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Notable Works: | French: La kabbale, ou, La philosophie religieuse des Hébreux |
| Region: | France |
| Institutions: | Collège de France (1854–1881) |
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| Main Interests: | Jewish mysticism |
Adolphe Franck (1809 – 11 March 1893)[1] was a French-Jewish philosopher who specialised in Jewish mysticism.
Franck was born in Liocourt in 1809.[2] He originally studied to become a rabbi, but decided to become a philosopher instead as a protégé of Victor Cousin.[2]
Franck was the first French Jew to receive an French: [[agrégation]] in philosophy, and had a successful academic career.[2] He was a professor for "French: Droit de las nature et des gens" from 1854 until 1881 at the Collège de France.[2]
His most famous work was French: La kabbale, ou, La philosophie religieuse des Hébreux (The Kabbalah, or, the Religious Philosophy of the Hebrews), an 1843 work concerning Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism.[2] He also edited an 1800-page dictionary called French: Dictionnaire des Sciences Philosophiques in 1844,[2] and translated the Zohar into French.[3]
He served as president of the French: Société des Etudies Juives (Society of Jewish Studies) and was a frequent contributor of the French: Archives Israélites journal.[2] At the age of 36, Franck was accepted into the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.[2]
Franck was a strong opponent of atheism, favouring the study of mystics and alchemists, such as Paracelsus and Martinez de Pasqually.[2] Towards the end of his life, he made close friends with Gérard Encausse, the founder of neo-Martinism.[2]
Franck was involved with the European peace movement as the president of Frédéric Passy's French: Société Française des Amis de la Paix (French Society of Friends of Peace) and a supporter of international arbitration efforts.[4]