Maine de Biran
1766–1824
“Effort and willing as the felt origin of the self.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TETrust in Experience7 / 10
- SSSovereign Self7 / 10
- POPractical Orientation7 / 10
- ESEmbodied Sensibility7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Bernard MandevilleTOUCHSTONE
Fable of the Bees — private vices, public benefits.
- Bas van FraassenTOUCHSTONE
Constructive empiricism — accept what is observable, suspend on the rest.
- Thomas ReidGARDEN
Common sense — the principles every philosophy must already presume.
- Dugald StewartTOUCHSTONE
Scottish common sense made systematic — philosophy of the mind.
- Annette BaierTOUCHSTONE
Trust as the precondition of moral life; Hume re-read for the feminine.
- Margaret CavendishGARDEN
Vitalist materialism — matter perceives and reasons throughout.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Maine de Biran's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Maine de Biran or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREMaine de Biran vs Bernard MandevilleOn Mull's map Bernard Mandeville sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶