Savoie is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Its prefecture is Chambéry; it is located in the French Alps. In 2016, it had a population of 429,681.
Joseph-Marie, Comte de Maistre was a French-speaking Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat, who advocated social hierarchy and monarchy in the period immediately following the French Revolution. Despite his close personal and intellectual ties with France, Maistre was throughout his life a subject of the King of Piedmont-Sardinia, whom he served as member of the Savoy Senate (1787–1792), ambassador to Russia (1803–1817), and minister of state to the court in Turin (1817–1821).
Aix-les-Bains, locally called Aix, is a commune in the department of Savoie, in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Étienne Gilson was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes, yet also philosophized in the tradition of Thomas Aquinas, although he did not consider himself a Neo-Thomist philosopher. In 1946 he attained the distinction of being elected an "Immortal" (member) of the Académie française. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason is a 1964 abridged edition of a 1961 book by the French philosopher Michel Foucault. An English translation of the complete 1961 edition, titled History of Madness, was published in June 2006.
Gladys Swain (1945–1993) was a French psychiatrist who is remembered today for her books about the history of Psychiatry and her critique of the views of Michel Foucault on the changing attitudes towards madness in western civilization.
Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol was a French psychiatrist.
Jean-Pierre Falret was a French psychiatrist. He was born and died in Marcilhac-sur-Célé.
Jules Baillarger, full name Jules Gabriel François Baillarger, was a French neurologist and psychiatrist.
Henri Legrand du Saulle was a French psychiatrist.
Mouxy is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Maurice De Wulf (1867–1947), a Belgian Thomist philosopher, professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven, was one of the pioneers of the historiography of medieval philosophy. His book History of Medieval Philosophy appeared first in 1900 and was followed by many other editions and translations, one them being available today online.
Ghita El Khayat,, is Moroccan psychiatrist, anthro-psychoanalyst, writer, and anthropologist. In Rabat, she enjoyed the opportunity to attend modern schools, culminating in her graduation from medical school. During her studies she was also active as radio speaker, TV and cinema artist.
Louis-Victor Marcé was a French psychiatrist.
Antoine Mérindol (1570-1624) was a French doctor.
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph-Anne-César Tyrbas de Chamberet was a French military physician.
Marc-Claude de Buttet was a Renaissance poet, courtier and humanist. He formed part of the La Pléiade circle. He was lord of the feudal rent of Grésy in the province of Genevois.
Seyssel is an ancient french family which is first mentioned in Savoy in the thirteenth century and probably dates back some time earlier. The name derives from city of Seyssel, and the family's various branches held the titles of viscounts, earls, barons and marquises over the course of time. Its members were positioned in the first rank at the court of the Counts of Savoy and the bishops of Geneva. Today there are branches of the Seyssel in Italy, Bavaria, Austria and France.
